I've had him since January and this is the first time he's shown any signs of illness. Initially he had a small tear on his dorsal fin, I put this down to being caught on a small rock cave I made, so I removed this. I tested the water and the nitrate was coming out quite high, so did a 50% water change. My KH is quite low (3 dKH), so the pH in the aquarium has altered (not too drastically). I have purchased some crushed coral to add to the filter but am yet to add it as I am worried about causing more harm. What should I do?
A day after this, I noticed some more tears on his caudal fin so figured it was fin rot. I started to treat with Myxazin. I am now on day 3 of the 5 day treatment and started to notice some small white spots on his pectoral fins! I am so devastated. I have purchased API's White Spot Cure, but obviously being halfway through the Myxazin treatment I am really unsure on what the best thing is to do here. I know I can't use both treatments at once. I know if I do treat the White Spot, I will have to move my snail into another tank as well.
- Tank = 28L Interpet Aqua Cube with minimal flow
- Betta = short-finned Plakat
- Tank mates = single Nerite snail
- Temp = 26 degrees Celsius (with the recent heatwave, there was a small spike in the temperature but nothing drastic)
- Decor = Amazon Sword, moss balls, coconut cave, silk leaf rest, Indian almond leaves
- Maintenance = weekly water changes of 25-50%, using Prime as a water conditioner
- Ammonia = 0
- Nitrite = 0
- Nitrate = 40
- pH = 7.6 (initially my tap water was testing at 6.6 when I first started out and now it is at 7.6). It has gone as low as 6.2 in the tank, which is why I considered adding some crushed coral
- Food = gets a variety of frozen foods and two different brands of dried pellets
I'm guessing this has been caused by either the heat wave, the high nitrates, or the pH swings. I'm just really unsure on the best thing to do at this point. Apologies about the long post, just really wanted to add as much information as possible.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
