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thank you for the help !! the orange that had concerned me seems to have changed with her color, and it doesn't look like the picture, so I think we're safe on velvet. also her other symptoms have dropped off greatly as I've been treating. antibiotics her giving her water changes and keeping her stress down . thankfully I have been able to get in contact with a much more experienced fishkeeper, as well, who is willing to take her on ! again thank you so much !

tank: 5.5 gallon tank 80°F I do not have a test kit so unfortunately I do not know the exact parameters of my tanks water. I do have test strips and will include a picture of the results, though I'm not sure how trustworthy they are. the tank temperature is set at 80° I have been performing daily water changes, one at 25% and then one at 50% to rearrange her tank to remove hard decor and add another sand cap. I think her water conditions are stressing her out and would really appreciate tips to improve it. I plan to continue daily 25% water changes for the duration of some strange symptoms. I'm trying to figure out what in earth my fish has. she has multiple symptoms across what I think may be more than one disease. she has had fungal looking growths on her in the past, but recently her body has been changing color a lot from stress, looking discolored from illness like body rot, and as it has gone on I have also started to suspect the presence of velvet parasite? on top on this when she becomes more stressed I begin to notice symptoms of dropsy. they are not extreme yet but I am so scared !! this is her second day on antibiotics. I have been feeding her kanaplex through medication-water soaked pellets. if you have any ideas about what this may be or tips to move forward I truly appreciate it. the first picture is her before kanaplex, the second is about 2 months ago. I don't have a photo of her dropsy symptoms nor velvet. she's minorly bloated with a hint of pineconing. I noticed some suspiciously prevalent orange last night and didn't see it today. keeping her tank light off and plan to get a copper kit plus copper test kit. godspeed

would api aquarium salt work similarly or do you recommend epsom salt specifically? thank you!

I need advice on what to do for my Betta! he is currently multiple weeks into struggling with swim bladder disease. I've given him two treatments of kanaplex and done multiple fasting cycles with daphnia feeding. sometimes his symptoms seem better (for example he has no problem sprinting to the top for air or food or maneuvering in tight spots) but mostly they do not seem to be improving. he still has some energy but has given up swimming around daily. his fins are pretty badly torn up at this point from cramming himself on top of his heater and between plants (that's pretty much all that's left in the tank, I took everything else out in the beginning before they had been this badly damaged). can he still recover from this? Im also considering the possibility of this being cause by a tumor disrupting his swim bladder function. what should I do ?? his current parameters: pH: ok Nitrates: ok Hardness: ok Nitrite: ok Ammonia: ok Water Temperature 84 F I have also been treating his tank with stress coat for his injured fins here he is. there is a small lump on his other side that has always been there