How is everyone? My friend has a Betta situation in where either of us have been unable to diagnose the problem. I believe she has her female in a .5 or 1gal. She loves Bettas and takes excellent care of them. She told me all water parameters are great, ammonia and nitrite are at zero and nitrates are low. The problem is there is a small white spot by her eye. She said its not ich. I saw a picture of her Betta and I haven't been able to identify the white spot. She is not eating and not swimming to well. I'm starting to think this white spot is a secondary infection. Anyone have an ideas? Thank you
Betta help please
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only thing I could suggest is to toss some Epson salt into the tank and turn the heat up for a few days, could be a infection in the swim blatters or Constipation , either way the Epson salt and heat should cure the problem. Try sticking a mirror in front of it if it flare it will poop, if it doesn't poop than it's prob either constipated from flake food expanding in the gut or an infection.
Hi, I'm his friend.
She has a heater and eats pellet food (not flake).
She doesn't have difficulty swimming, really. But for a while her fins were clamed almost constantly. Not she seems more relaxed but just sped her time not moving by the water's surface (oriented properly). She has refused to eat for a week now, which is what really worries me.
It appears some of her scales are "missing" (especially this one spot in the middle of her left side), but there's no sores or anything. I think this is likely just permanent damage (and scarring) from her previous life with another owner. I got her fairly damaged with torn fins and finrot, scale damage, etc. She was doing GREAT in my care (fins healed up, color came back, ate very well, seemed friendly and happy, etc.) then suddenly stopped eating.
She has a heater and eats pellet food (not flake).
She doesn't have difficulty swimming, really. But for a while her fins were clamed almost constantly. Not she seems more relaxed but just sped her time not moving by the water's surface (oriented properly). She has refused to eat for a week now, which is what really worries me.
It appears some of her scales are "missing" (especially this one spot in the middle of her left side), but there's no sores or anything. I think this is likely just permanent damage (and scarring) from her previous life with another owner. I got her fairly damaged with torn fins and finrot, scale damage, etc. She was doing GREAT in my care (fins healed up, color came back, ate very well, seemed friendly and happy, etc.) then suddenly stopped eating.
Also, it is a female so she doesn't flare (at least, I have never seen it at all). But even my males don't poop when they flare, so I'm not sure where that idea came from...