In my opinion pimafix won't help fungus, also ask anyone on this site you really shouldn't use any medications with the ending fix because its not safe for bettas. Use a specific fungal medication, I know there's a good brand, I don't remember the exact name but it has jungle in it, and it's at walmart for like 5 bucks
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Thank you for the replies 
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Some updates: I went out to a different pet store and, of the options they had for medicine the API Fungus Cure seemed the best option. They didn't mention maracyn. So they probably didn't have it. He seemed to think it should have helped, but he may be misinformed. If that stuff wasn't bound to work in the first place it can kind of help me feel better. I was worried that maybe this is a particularly stubborn fungus.
While there I also bought a 2.5 gallon tank, freeze dried bloodworms, and API Stress coat water conditioner. I think the main difference is that this has aloe along with the usual conditioners. I drove out to get this stuff before I saw the replies, so I was just asking for something that has a stress coat, since I'm already running out of the Nutrafin that I bought for the Indian almond it contains (that stuff is expensive and you have to use a lot of it per gallon).
I'm thinking I should try giving him at least a day to be in non-medicated water before switching to the Fungus Cure. I'll move him to the new tank in the morning when he is due for his daily water change.
He was eating a bit later in the day, still with lower appetite than normal. And he pecked at the bloodworms but only ate the really small pieces. So maybe I need to cut them up into more bite sized bits. I'll try soaking them in some melted garlic too for his dinner.
I played some meditation music and chanted some sutras for him too, lol. It's a bit silly but this trick seemed to work wonders years ago for a goldfish who jumped out of his bowl and was nearly dried out by the time I got back and found him on the desk. Jelly stayed close to the side of the tank were I was sitting while doing this, so maybe it was at least interesting for him.
I wasn't expecting to get so attached to this guy when I bought him on impulse... It's the pretty colors. I'm a sucker for prettiness. I have a picture for you all now, too. Although it doesn't show his colors very well. He has a beautiful metallic turquoise color when the light shines just right... Anyway, you can see the fuzz and the whitish color on his belly area:
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.Some updates: I went out to a different pet store and, of the options they had for medicine the API Fungus Cure seemed the best option. They didn't mention maracyn. So they probably didn't have it. He seemed to think it should have helped, but he may be misinformed. If that stuff wasn't bound to work in the first place it can kind of help me feel better. I was worried that maybe this is a particularly stubborn fungus.
While there I also bought a 2.5 gallon tank, freeze dried bloodworms, and API Stress coat water conditioner. I think the main difference is that this has aloe along with the usual conditioners. I drove out to get this stuff before I saw the replies, so I was just asking for something that has a stress coat, since I'm already running out of the Nutrafin that I bought for the Indian almond it contains (that stuff is expensive and you have to use a lot of it per gallon).
I'm thinking I should try giving him at least a day to be in non-medicated water before switching to the Fungus Cure. I'll move him to the new tank in the morning when he is due for his daily water change.
He was eating a bit later in the day, still with lower appetite than normal. And he pecked at the bloodworms but only ate the really small pieces. So maybe I need to cut them up into more bite sized bits. I'll try soaking them in some melted garlic too for his dinner.
I played some meditation music and chanted some sutras for him too, lol. It's a bit silly but this trick seemed to work wonders years ago for a goldfish who jumped out of his bowl and was nearly dried out by the time I got back and found him on the desk. Jelly stayed close to the side of the tank were I was sitting while doing this, so maybe it was at least interesting for him.
I wasn't expecting to get so attached to this guy when I bought him on impulse... It's the pretty colors. I'm a sucker for prettiness. I have a picture for you all now, too. Although it doesn't show his colors very well. He has a beautiful metallic turquoise color when the light shines just right... Anyway, you can see the fuzz and the whitish color on his belly area:
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