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I'm worried about the mix of medications in the water, it's not a good idea to combine them as it can be toxic for the fish. The white around the mouth area, I think it's excess mucus caused by the chemicals in the water.

How much aquarium salt did you use initially? Normally, I'd recommend using ...

I've taken a few pictures of him, which I'll share. He can't sit at the bottom of the tank like he used to - now his nose touches the gravel and the rest of his body floats upward. The only time he moves is when I do water changes, and even then it's just spastic swimming before he sinks back down ...

SALT

I've been reading up on using salt to treat fish health issues. It seems that salt is relatively safe and can be used to treat minor fungal and bacterial infections, as well as external protozoan infections. However, it won't treat whitespot or Velvet.

You can add rock salt or swimming pool ...

I'm worried about the mix of medications in the water, it's not a good idea to combine them as it can be toxic for the fish. The white around the mouth area, I think it's excess mucus caused by the chemicals in the water.

How much aquarium salt did you use initially? Normally, I'd recommend using ...

I've been dealing with my betta's tail fin issues for a while now. Initially, he was in a 5-gal cycled tank, but his fin started looking ragged. I tried aquarium salt and water changes, but no luck. He was still eating and swimming, though. I ended up using Fungus Cure.

I had a 10-gal tank cycled ...