Hello

[Khole new fish]

 Good night i need to ask if bettafix is any good i see my Betta has a small tare in one of his bottom fins, i removed anything i thought could hurt him left the plants, the soft rocks and wood,

Also made him a soft hammock, he is alert eating swimming around like normal did a water change.

 

[Dwayne Brown]

It does have some antibacterial properties which ae good for open wounds. Could you post a photo of this "tear" that way forum members have a better idea? 

 

Side note: you might get better responses if you post this in the dedicated disease section and maybe renamed it "betta fin tear" or "Bettafix questions" or something like that.  

[Chad]

All the fixes, betta, mela, and pima, are considered low end antiseptics by some. Snake oil by others, and poison by some too. Personally I’ve used it and had no problems. Consider it a neosporin type treatment. It might work for small tears, but when fungus or rot are showing it’s time to bring out the bigger guns/meds. Check out Aquarium coops blogs about using salt too. Good luck and just keep an eye on your bettas wound and behavior. If it worsens, ask better minds in this group to chime in.

[Odd Duck]

I’ve read a few studies on the active ingredients and consider the “fixes” to be borderline snake oil because the “active” ingredient is known to potentially cause respiratory issues.  Topical is really the only use for it but unless you are catching the fish and applying it, it has potential to cause more harm than good.  Catching risks more fin tears and far more stress than it’s worth unless he worsens and it would justify a more in depth treatment.

There are much better treatments for skin issues, like just adding aquarium salt at one tablespoon per gallon (about 4 grams per liter) to start.  Increase water changes and underfeed slightly to make sure the water is pristine.  Replace the salt only for how much water you replace (don’t keep adding for the entire tank volume).

Give this a few days to a week to start seeing healing.  If you start to see fuzzy at the edges of the wound get the best pictures you can and post them in the “Diseases” section and someone will help.