Yesterday, I found my Betta stuck headfirst in the Aquarium Coop shrimp cave. He was still alive and I carefully did my best to remove him.
I immediately treated the 10 gallon tank (my QT sprung a leak 2 weeks ago) with Maracyn and monitored him. He was banged up good and clearly exhausted but he was alive. I continued monitor him. He hung out near the surface the rest of the day.
Fast forward to today. I just came home from work and saw that he was moving around more, albeit much slower.
Then I noticed fungus growing around the wounded areas. Looking for some advice on how I should respond to this development.
Nitrates are around 20ppm
Very hard water, high buffer
pH around 7.2
Temps are about 80 degrees F.
Thanks in advance.