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I had a betta alone in a 10g tank, non-planted. He got a terrible case of fin rot, and also got that white fuzzy wool-like fungus on his body. I treated him with Jungle Fungus Eliminator, but he didn't make it. Now I'm worried about re-stocking the tank. I've done another dose of the same meds (on recommendation) to the empty tank, doing a 50% water change and thorough vacuuming first, but I'm wondering if that's enough. The filter is running, but has no media in it. In a couple days I'm going to get new carbon and foam (don't want to use the old stuff since it is probably contaminated), and remove the meds with the new carbon and a water change. Also, I'm going to put the foam in my cycled 20g first to seed it, and when I do the water change, I'm going to add some water from the 20g to help cycle the 10g tank. The tank was not cycled to begin with, when my betta was in it. It was only running for about a couple weeks when my betta got sick. I do want to put another betta in it, but I also want to add a couple cories and maybe some neons, so it needs to be cycled. If I do the above, will the tank be safe for new fish? I don't know if the second dose will do the trick, and I don't want to infect any new fish. Thanks for any advice.