My male veiltail betta has what I'm pretty positive is a fungal infection. I'm keeping him quarantined in warm water, (80 degrees) treated with salt and melafix. I'm also feeding him a mix of blood worms, hikari brand granules, and freeze dried shrimp flakes. He isnt looking any better, and it's been several days. But he is eating, and he is moving around, just pretty slowly. What else can I do to help him heal faster??
Betta with fungal infection
- Thread starter ticklethepeach
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We have test strips and his water is testing perfectly. I just want to be sure I'm doing everything, are there any products you suggest?
Please be careful using melafix and pimafix with your betta, it irritates their labyrinth and can cause them problems. Because of this API make a weaker version called "bettafix" for use on bettas, but I'm pretty sure even that has been known to cause irritation in some cases.
I agree with
tlindsey
about salt and clean water. Ditch the melafix and just do 40% water changes every day and add some salt. If you must use some kind if "fix" get some bettafix, its less likely to harm your betta. 
