Short story: I noticed him getting finrot a week after his fin tore on my net somehow. I couldn't treat him for finrot until I was done treating for ick so it got a little bit worse after a week of no treatment. I then did kanaplex but he just keeps getting worse and I've already done three doses. Is he gonna make it out of this? I feel so bad.
Full story: he tore his fin on my net because he already has a hole in his fin when I bought him and it tore all the way through when I netted him for a salt bath. I then started kanaplex and got through a whole three doses and it was starting to heal nicely with no infection. I then bought a couple new guppies for my tank (he already had some guppies in with him in a 20 gallon but I wanted a few more). I later found out one of the guppies had been in a tank with ick but didn't have any spots on him. He infected my entire tank and killed all but my betta and one guppy (he himself also died). I started treating for ick and then a little while later noticed he was starting to get finrot. I couldn't do anything about it until he hadn't had spots for long enough, so the finrot very slowly got worse. Once he was ick free for 4 or 5 days I put him in a hospital tank and did kanaplex again but he only kept getting worse. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong and I really like him and want to give him the best possible shot at living.
FIRST PICTURE IS BEFORE HE STARTED GETTING FINROT (just the tear)
SECOND PICTURE IS WHEN I FIRST MOVED HIM INTO HOSPITAL TANK
THIRD PICTURE IS AFTER KANAPLEX DOSE 2
4TH AND 5TH PICTURE ARE NOW (2 days after my third dose)
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1pso4d1
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