Help with fin rot please
Hello everyone, im currently fighting fin rot with my betta Captain and am incredibly concered due to the progression of it. I caught the finrot last Friday, so it’s been exactly a week since I’ve begun treating it. due to severe health problems that I have been experiencing, I had laxed with his water changes, and realize that the ammonia and the tank got too high due to a decaying plabt. I think this is the trigger of his infection. I’ve been doing 50% water changes, he has a heater, he has a filter, and I’ve been dosing aquarium salt into his tank. I’ve also been using Melafix and really light dosages because I’ve been made aware that Melafix can be bad for betas if they, get too much of it. unfortunately this is the only medicine I have readily available right now for him. I also took some advice from another beta fish owner on a beta forum syringed some peroxide onto his tail, but I haven’t done that a lot since peroxide can be bad in high amounts. I’ve also been using Indian almond leaves. I’m honestly completely at a loss. I’ve done everything and I feel like I’m watching him slip in front of my eyes, knowing that it was my fault. I’m trying my hardest and I’m doing everything in my power to help him, but I don’t know what to do. it’s hard for me to access the high-quality antibiotics and any advice from anybody who is in similar situation is greatly appreciated. Also, I know a lot of you are going to be concerned about his eyes, he has the condition called diamond eye, and unfortunately, there’s no way to prevent it or cure it. It does not cause any pain at all, he just has vision loss. I’ve linked pictures of the progression of the fin rot above. It’s breaking my heart that he’s going through this.
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Hello everyone, im currently fighting fin rot with my betta Captain and am incredibly concered due to the progression of it. I caught the finrot last Friday, so it’s been exactly a week since I’ve begun treating it. due to severe health problems that I have been experiencing, I had laxed with his water changes, and realize that the ammonia and the tank got too high due to a decaying plabt. I think this is the trigger of his infection. I’ve been doing 50% water changes, he has a heater, he has a filter, and I’ve been dosing aquarium salt into his tank. I’ve also been using Melafix and really light dosages because I’ve been made aware that Melafix can be bad for betas if they, get too much of it. unfortunately this is the only medicine I have readily available right now for him. I also took some advice from another beta fish owner on a beta forum syringed some peroxide onto his tail, but I haven’t done that a lot since peroxide can be bad in high amounts. I’ve also been using Indian almond leaves. I’m honestly completely at a loss. I’ve done everything and I feel like I’m watching him slip in front of my eyes, knowing that it was my fault. I’m trying my hardest and I’m doing everything in my power to help him, but I don’t know what to do. it’s hard for me to access the high-quality antibiotics and any advice from anybody who is in similar situation is greatly appreciated. Also, I know a lot of you are going to be concerned about his eyes, he has the condition called diamond eye, and unfortunately, there’s no way to prevent it or cure it. It does not cause any pain at all, he just has vision loss. I’ve linked pictures of the progression of the fin rot above. It’s breaking my heart that he’s going through this.
I dont not have access to a testing kits but the water is being closely monitored for and waste and plant decay.
