Mac Cool wrote:
I followed directions from several websites:

1. Separated from the main tank
2. Changed water in the main tank and washed with hot water
3. Put betta in his old 1/2 gallon tank and other fish back into main
tank.
4. Put appropriate amounts of conditioning salt in both tanks (I wasn't
using salt before)
5. Treated both tanks with Jungle Fungus Clear. If he gets worse after a
day or two I'll move up to something stronger.

My betta has become listless, won't eat and just rests below the surface
of the water. He does react if I approach the tank but he's not feeling
well. Part of his fin is gone and a bit raggedy, he also has a white
circle on his side.

I don't have a heater in either tank but in winter they stay between 75-78
degrees, in the summer about 80-85 degrees.

How am I doing here? Missing anything?
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Mac Cool

Hello Mac.
I understand your fish has already passed, but I wanted to make several
comments.

You said your fish had fin rot. You mentioned treating it with Jungle
brand's Fungus Clear. That's wrong med for fin rot, which is bacterial.
Jungle brand's Fungus Eliminator is the one that treats both true
fungus, and many bacterial infections...Fin rot being one of them...and
happens to be the med I recommend most for it. Many people make the
mistake of getting the Fungus Clear...but it's not the same medication
and will not work the same.
If Fin rot isn't treated properly, the fish can die quickly... as you
have seen.
Your tank's temp was a bit chilly for a Betta, especially one suffering
from Fin rot (an infection they are prone to get).
As for the other poster's comment about using Quick Cure for Fin
rot..nope. Wrong medication.
I love Quick Cure, but it's for parasites. Not bacterial infections.
It's actually one of 2 meds I keep on hand at all times, and Jungle's
Fungus Eliminator is the other.
I've been in the hobby most my life and specialize in both Bettas and
Angelfish, and after all these years, those are the only meds I keep on
hand out of the hundreds available.
As for the same poster's recommendation for Aquarisol....it's also for
parasites, but it's too weak. Usually the fish ends up dying from the
parasite before Aquarisol can kill it.
It's said to be used as a preventative, but I never recommend using
meds for no reason.
Most seasoned hobbyists will say the same. Never treat with medications
that you don't know about, don't know what you are treating for, and
for no reason. That's wise advice.
The white, flat patch sounded like a bacterial infection as well. Ich
would have looked like a grain of sugar, usually more than one spot and
isn't flat. A fungal attack would have looked like a cottony, white,
fuzzy patch that grows quickly. Think white mold growing on somthing
nasty that was forgotten about in the back of the frige. (Not that I am
admitting to doing that ever, lol). = )
I'm sorry for your loss, and if this ever happens with any of your
other fish, or in the future, you'll know how to treat it, and what to
use.
Keep a close eye on the other fish it was housed with. He got that
bacterial infection for a reason and until you figure out the *why*,
you may not be done with it.
Are you keeping up on regular water changes?
Were there any new fish added without quarantining them?