Betta Fin Quality/Color Change

Question
Hi Ron,
I have a Crown Tail Betta who recently had what I assumed was an early stage of popeye (my fault) from dirty water.  I changed his water, bought him a 1.66 gallon tank and new accessories, and treated him with Melafix.  His eyes started looking normal again in a few days, and he began to eat again.  Then he started darting against the side of the tank and plants and such, which I read were either parasites or poisoning from overmedicating.  I assumed the later, since everything was new, and did a 25% water change to lower his dose of antibiotics.  All was well, but now his entirely blue body has vivrant red stripes in the fins and symmetrical red marks on his gills.  The tips of his crown tail and fins, at approximately the same spot all around, are bent and almost look like they are broken, barely attached.  His right side fin is also a little tethered.  Nothing has changed from this in a few weeks, and he seems to be eating well and acting normal (for him).  Do you know what is wrong with his fins?  I thought fin rot, but it looks nothing like the pictures I saw online.  The only thing I can think of is that he bent them while laying down in his plastic plants at night.  Sorry so long, there's as much detail as I assume you'll need.
Thanks!
Jamie
Here're two pictures of his fins, you can only see a few of them bending in the pics, but generally they are all either bent forward for backward depending on the water current.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/MIELEjam/100_1172.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/MIELEjam/100_1182.jpg

Answer
Hi Jamie,
 Hmmm... I looked at the pictures and I guess I don't see what's wrong with him.  He looks to be in pretty good shape as far as I can tell.  The red color is perfectly normal.  Many "blue" bettas change color and have red on them sometimes.

 I don't really see much fin damage.  Bettas often damage their fins and the best part is that the fins grow back quite rapidly.  The dirty water might have done a little temporary damage but with time I don't see any serious problem.

-- Ron
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