Whats Wrong

with Finn?

By: Vanessa Barrios

Why is
Finns fin
missing?
How do I fix
it?

Hypothesis
He hurt himself in his
artificial plant
He has Fin Rot
Could be dying since hes
eating
less
Fin rot: a bacterial or
fungi infection brought
on by bad water
conditions, injury, poor
diet, or as a secondary
infection in a fish which
is already stressed by
other disease.

Noticed that fake plant is

torn. Possibly hurt himself
since he sleeps on the plant

Materials

Betta fish food with high protein

(pellets preferably)
Betta fish fin rot medication
Betta water conditioner
Tank heater
Tank thermometer
A new artificial plant
A separate container to keep fish while
cleaning tank

Someone else replicate it

Procedure
1) Clean fish tank like normally would:
1. Unplug heater
2. Put fish in separate container while cleaning tank
3. Remove tank decorations, thermometer, and heater
4. Clean decorations, thermometer, and heater
5. Clean tank
6. Put decorations (with new artificial plant), thermometer, and
heater back in the tank
7. Put the right temperature of water in the tank (76-82 degrees)
8. Put Betta fish water conditioner (whatever is instructed amount)
9. Put Betta fish fin rot medication (whatever is instructed amount)
10. Put fish back in tank
2) Repeat step one for 3-7 days or however is instructed in Betta fish
fin rot medication
3) Try to feed Betta only what it can eat in about 2-5 minutes once or
twice a day

Procedure

Putting water conditioner

which will detoxifies
harmful ammonia in tap
water, neutralizes
chlorine, chloramines
and heavy metals, and
features stress reducing
slime

Putting Betta fish fin rot

medication (which had
blue dye and made the
water blue). It should aid
in regeneration of
damaged tails and fins

Results/DATA
How Much Pellets Finn Ate

Morning Evening Total

Monday
3 1 4
Tuesday 5 3 8
Wednesday
9 3 12
Thursday 12 7 19
Friday
15 11 26
Total
44 25 69

Results/DATA

DAY TWO

DAY THREE

DAY FIVE

Conclusion
It was good that I changed Finns artificial plant.
I am still unsure what is the cause for his fin to be
missing
Finns fin is slowly growing back and was able to
notice on day five
Finns diet was very bad in the beginning and is now
getting better and hopefully will get back to normal
The fin rot medication seems to have helped
There needs to be more observation in order to
confirm that Finn will live