What is wrong with my Betta!

Hi all,
Woke up this morning to my Betta fish looked really bad, he has clamped fins and an odd white thing hanging off the front of his body. He only seems to be using his left pectoral fin to swim, his right is clamped to his body.
I have had him for 3 months and the tank is fully cycled.
I read that it could be beneficial to add rooibos to the water so I have done so but he is not looking any better.
Later I noticed he has a dark patch on the bottom part of his body and his fins.

Please help, I have tried to do research but cannot find anything to match!

He previously had ich when I first got him ,and rested against the filter intake which resulted in his fins fraying and falling off. They had finally started growing back.

I have included pictures

 

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your Betta, I don't know much about bettas and found this page. Maybe it helps a bit.
https://bettafish.org/diseases/
Good luck, I hope he gets better.

 

Oh and welcome to TASA, just realised you joined today.

 

Thanks so much, I will have a look and see if I can find anything that matches!

 

Hi im no expert but with the slime coat flaking in the one area on his fins looks more towards velvet and the ich was just an secondary issue. Only meds i have had success with was prazi pro. You can crank up the temp with 2deg aswell.

 

Sorry I couldn't help more. Never had a betta before. These problems we face starts at the fish stores already. Especially bettas, keeping them in 10 x 10cm tanks. If you can call it a tank.

 

Thank you for your help, it is very possible that it could be velvet but I haven’t noticed him scratching on anything.
He was absolutely perfect yesterday, but he seems to be deteriorating pretty fast as the day progresses unfortunately

 

What size tank is he in? Where about are you based maybe i can help with some meds as buying an big bottle for an small tank is an waste.

 

Good luck with your Betta, I hope you get him sorted out quickly.

 

Unfortunately he passed away last night, I am devastated, it took 1 day and he just rapidly progressed
I am worried about getting any other fish now because I don’t know what it was. Any advice on how to prepare the tank if I decide to get another fish?

 

So sorry to hear. I think what you should do is clean the entire tank and decorations etc. with a hydrogen peroxide solution. What evet you put in that tank now will also get sick. Even if you replace the water. Can your gravel be cleaned? or it is a soil substrate? I had a look on the photo and it looks like normal gravel.

 

Here's some help on how to disinfect your whole tank

And a page you can read
https://www.lifewithpetsgci.com/how-to-disinfect-your-aquarium/how-to-disinfect-your-aquarium#/

 

Thanks so much for all the help guys!
I will definitely do a clean out of the whole tank before I get any other fish, I will keep you guys updated

 

Just make sure everything is 100% rinsed and dry before you start.

 

Sorry for you loss. What I would suggest is Jik the Tank as is leave it for an day . Rinse all and refill with water and anti chlorine. Let it re- cycle.

 

Note Jik is corrosive to metals and can cause issues to the filter pump parts.

 

Hello @Nicole. I'm so sorry about your fish..
I've just checked on mine now while feeding, since mine isn't coming to eat like he usually does.. I see something white between his pectoral fins and was wondering if it's the same thing you had?
Here's a picture, sorry for the terrible quality, had to zoom in to get it

 

Hi, it’s difficult to see in that picture.
He did have something white between his fins, he also had what almost looked like white fluff on his fins.
Maybe just keep an eye on him? My boy wasn’t swimming and had his fins all clamped close to his body, he just seemed to want to hide and rest. He did eat a little when I first noticed but as the day went on he lost his appetite.
Let me know!

 

Oh I see, OK then it's probably not the same, as my little ones fins are flapping OK..
Last night he was sitting on the filter so I chopped up some garlic and tried feeding him, he didn't eat it so I left a few pieces near him and I see this morning they are gone, either the current blew them off, one of the other fishes ate it or Maybe he ate it.. But he's come out from the corner now at least