Sick Betta?

i know you dont have stats for the water as youve misplaced you kit. id put it down to poor water quality as you cant change water during medication of antibiotics. try a salt dip using aquarium salt (or in a pinch table salt) at 1tbsp/gal. leave him for 10 mins then back to his hospital container.
does sound like a secondary fungal infection. once the antibac meds are done waterchange 2X a day and feed good food. but try the salt dip and see if it helps if you are able. the fungus eliminator stuff works well too, but unsure if can use with antibiotic meds. and you MUST finish up the round of antibiotics-very important. so thats why id suggest the dips. see if it helps. ive also read that cold water is more optimal for fungal issues so that may be why it showed up too-assuming no heater in his container, coupled with his weakened immune system(from the finrot) and stress of hospital tank.
just my thoughts.
good luck with them both
cheers
 
Ok got the salt bath prepping and put the fungal med along with the Maracyn in Oliver's container. There's no heater in Oliver's makeshift hospital "bowl" but I've been keeping a lamp on it 24/7 and the temp has been hovering around 77 degrees....

Oscar on the other hand is looking fantastic, still not 100% but he seems a lot more comfortable.


Oh, and he ate some pellets today! It's the first time since he got sick!
 
Sorry about the late reply. Thats good about fin regrowth. Sounds like hes getting better. Hope hes good now, if not then i hope he gets better and pulls through.
 
Update:

Pics taken yesterday. Oscar is back to normal and regrowing finnage. Oliver's fungus is gone and finrot is healing. Both were returned to their respective tanks today.

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thats GREAT! one of my guys is pretty sick atm. doing my best for him and keeping fingers crossed. sad as he is my favorite betta (dont tell the others).
so happy the BOTH are on the mend. what a relief!
thanks for the update :)
cheers
 

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