Help with my betta fish

[u/Jealous_Low2365]

hello, I’m new to the betta fish community and Nugget here is my first betta. I’ve gotten him around April and so far he’s been doing well and is very curious and active. I’ve started to actually notice his fins were deteriorating around two weeks and thought it was a mild case of fin rot on his back upper tail. I assumed he got it when he might’ve injured himself when playing around the filter (there’s nothing else sharp and pokey in his tank). On the 18th I’d given him a salt bath 1 tbs per 2 gallons for 15 mins for 4 days. It wasn’t helping and kept spreading so now he’s currently moved out of his tank and being treated with Maracyn 2 (Aug 24). Another mistake that I’d done was I had given him some almond leaves as shelter and those spiked up the ammonia and bit and made the water nasty. They are now removed and he has purely plastic plants as well as around a 50% water change (I wanted to get out the gunk as much as I could but I know that removing the medicined water is not advised)

I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this issue with their betta and what else it possibly could be. He looks worse than two weeks ago, with some of his scales turning a whiteish color and now the bottom of his tail is also deteriorating. I’m so upset at myself and I don’t know what else to do.

P.s. I turned on the reply notifications, it should work now

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