Tail Rot- Still Hanging Around

[crimsondeathforlove]

I posted about my betta Eclipse back in mid- June he has tail rot. It's now been 1 1/2 months and is still not going away but not getting worse. I was treating but stopped to just do more water changes for fear of over medicating. I now change his water twice a week, Sunday's I do a 100% where I wash the entire tank out with hot water and either Wednesday or Thursday I do a 50% water change depending on how dirty the water looks on what day. I'm at a lost for what to do. I wanna fix this before it turns into advanced fin and body rot. Could it be something other then tail rot? I read on a site a person was talking about ammonia burn, I don't know much about this but he said it could look the same as tail rot, Does anyone know about ammonia burn and how to treat? The picture below is from the old post I'll try to re-upload a newer one.

First Thread about Eclipse's Tail Rot: Tail Rot-Treating But Not Regrowing- Help!

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[Lotus]

Do you have a heater in this tank? If not, what are the temperature ranges day/night? I had a problem with this with my betta when he was in a small, unheated tank. I moved him to a 5g with a heater and filtration, and he became much more healthy.

[crimsondeathforlove]

I'll check on the temperature, I'm not sure. No heater it's just a 1 gallon with an air pump.

[Lakea]

Maybe you should think about upgrading him to a bigger tank? I don't think it really looks like ammonia burn, and with your water changes it would have gotten better if it was. Also what have you been treating with? It may be time to try a different medication.

[crimsondeathforlove]

I was treating with Melafix.

[crimsondeathforlove]

I moved Eclipse into a 10 gallon with a heater, filter, and air pump. I hope this works. Temperature stays around about 80 degrees. Do you guys think this will work?

[zzz22zzz]

i love the color srry i cant help with anything else

[Lakea]

I don't think it will hurt. In my past experience Melafix did not help my fishes tail rot, I used a melafix/pimafix combo, I think the pimafix would probably do better.

I think eclipse will be a lot happier in the 10g, and I think it will be better for him in the long run. Just watch your water parameters and keep up with the water changes.

[Lotus]

I think you did the right thing. See how he is in a few days if his tail rot is improving.

[crimsondeathforlove]

While searching Google I found this article about the difference between Fin Rot and Fin Loss, here's link to thread Aquamaniacs :: View topic - Finrot vs. Finloss - A Tutorial I can't really tell the difference between the two, can someone tell me what one Eclipse has?