Hi Nikki,

Thanks for your input. It's really quite distressing when a fish is
sick for this long. I really appreciate your taking the time to send
such a detailed meassage. I live in England and I think we have
different fish meds available here - I'm not sure I can get Rid-Ich or
the anti fungal you mentioned. I may well try to clear the tank a bit
though - give it less places for the bug to hide.

The betta is actually worse today. I suspect that, although he had Ich
as well to start with, what I'm dealing with now is not Ich. There's
no way it could have survived the treatments I've given and the spots
look slightly bigger than salt grains. I think he may have some kind
of parasite which seems to sit under an individual scale. If this is
the problem then I think I will need to treat for that. Interpet
number 12 (I think - will have to look it up).

Thanks again for your help - much appreciated,

Muddy