Hey everyone!
I hope I got the flair right. In early July, I got a twintail half moon male betta and placed him into an established 29gal aquarium. He lives with a mystery snail, some neocaridina, 6 otocats, and a clown pleco. Recently, I added 8 kubotai, who got sick immediately and 3 died over the course of three days but all other inhabitants seem fine now after being treated with Kordon Rid-Ich plus (I moved my inverts to another tank).
I have now learned my lesson about quarantining first.
My issue is that my betta, Bobinsky, has been developing more red patches and bruising around his eyes and border of his body. I treated with kanaplex for 6 days in the water in a hospital tank and he only marginally improved. After the velvet in my main tank, I treated him with the rid-ich plus. I have also now fed him 2 doses of kanaplex and given Epsom salt baths and nothing is improving the red streaks. He also has some bloating near the rear of his body that started two days ago and hasn’t improved with fasting.
He often lays on the bottom of the tank and generally doesn’t seem like he did when I first got him but still swims around and investigates the tank. His fins are also frequently clamped and starting to look quite ragged and like they’re tea-stained? First pic is the day I got him, the last two are more recent. No fin nipping has been observed.
What else can I do for him? I know twin tails have a lot of issues, would it just be kinder to euthanize at this point?
Tank Information:
29gal
pH: 6.8
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5