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I accidentally added kanaplex with the filter on do I do another water change and add more medicine or leave it be?

Hi everyone So I woke up today and looked at my betta and saw he had cottony growth on his side so I think it’s cotton wool disease/columnaris. I rush to the store and get him kanaplex so I get home I do a water change and add the medication I did a half scoop since a full scoop is for 5 gal...

Hey sorry for not updating betta is doing much better he’s started unclamping his lower fins he’s much more active sometimes he hides behind the filter but I see him swimming around all over the tank and his appetite is still great. I do see him hang out at the bottom of the tank sometimes not...

Hi, betta is doing better he’s swimming more so that’s good but his fins are still clamped. I’m thinking he might be constipated because I haven’t seen any poop when I vacuum. I fed him yesterday and he wasn’t swimming around today I haven’t fed and he’s swimming more. I test water in the...

I am keeping it at zero ammonia though?

I check the water for ammonia daily and do a water change anytime it goes .25

I actually got him from Petco like three weeks ago but his activity level then and now are very different. He’s still comes out to greet me but like I said he stays near the surface and head first with his tail downward at a diagonal

I forgot to add he still eats like normal and is still very alert he will hang out in the open instead of hiding but he still stays towards the surface

Hi everyone, I’m posting about my betta again I’ve noticed these past couple days my betta has been clamping his dorsal fin ( top fin) this past week but I figured it should get better with water changes but now he’s starting to clamp his other fins too. I’ve noticed he just floats at the top...

Hey everyone, just wanted to give an update. My betta is doing so much better, it’s flared Gill/operculum has gone away he looks 80% healed. It really must have been the ammonia spike. I also did put in gravel/plants so for now everything looks better.