Shepard Commander

Thought I'd give a final update on this, unless the issue resurfaces. He's been back in his tank since my last post and doing quite well. He's swimming normally, chasing shrimp and building bubble nests. He's still loosing colour, which is strange, but doesn't seem to be affecting his behaviour in any way. Thanks for the help everyone! I'm also glad to have some antibiotics on hand. Might make it standard treatment when bringing in new fish as the stores also don't have it as far as I know and I had some issues in the past.

Thanks for the help @Colu. I was wondering how I would know if he's improved or healed. After three rounds of kanaplex he's almost completely white now, other than a blue band in the middle, but it seems to be a cleaner white. He's also more active than before and still eating well. I'm tempted to return him to the tank, then use a round or two of the medicated food just to make sure his tankmates are also clear.

The antibiotics finally arrived so I put a dose in today. He's still hanging on, though the white spots are now covering half of his body. He mostly stays on the bottom of the quarantine bowl, but that could very well be just boredom. He still swims as usual when I feed him or stir up the water so he doesn't seem particularly weakened. I finished the course of the "internal bacteria" treatment, kept up the salt levels and also tried some fin rot treatment as his dorsal fin is looking a bit rough - all of those are out of the water now that I started on kanaplex. I also got "seachem focus" and "api general cure" as I was paying for postage anyway. Is it worth trying to dose the food instead of the water?

Moved him to a quarantine bowl so I don't kill my shrimp and snails. Found some interpet "anti internal bacteria" in the drawer, so I added that until I can get my hands on esha 2000 or the antibiotics arrive. Should I try some salt as well?

Ordered some kanaplex, but it will take a week or two to get here. Couldn't find any of the German brands unfortunately that would have been quicker to arrive. The spot has increased in size, so not sure if he has that long, but it's worth a try. Also did a small water change. Can't have any big ones on this tank as I can't really match tds/ph because of all the seiryu stone.

The human pills would be a last resort in a quarantine tub if his condition worsens, but hopefully it doesn't come to that. From seachem I see their various *plex medicines available from abroad.

Thanks for your help! Just added a bunch of catappa leaves, see if it improves. I'm in the UK so getting my hands on any fish antibiotics is very difficult unfortunately. I could possibly order some of the seachem stuff, but it would still come from abroad after a week or two, at a very steep price. Which one of those is worth trying? I also have some human pills left over in my medicine cabinet (amoxicilin and moxifloxacin). Not against trying these, but not really sure if they'd just kill the fish outright, and what kind of dosage to use.

Hello Any ideas what might be wrong with my betta? I've had him for a few months now and this patch appeared then started to grow around his right gill only (left one looks normal) over the last few days. The growth seems to have stopped over the last 12 or so hours. It's slightly raised and off white or translucent. Behaviour seems normal. He's in a walstad style planted tank. Made a mistake with seiryu stone so can't really go lower with the hardness unfortunately. pH 7.4 Nitrates 0 Hardness 10 degrees Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH/Buffer 6 degrees Water Temperature 25-26C All measured with jbl drop tests. Any help would be appreciated!