Betta Fish Cotton Wool Disease

It is an infection of the outer skin produced by the flexibacter columnaris bacteria.

Betta fish cotton wool disease. The condition also goes by the name cotton wool disease characterized by the cotton wool growths on different parts of the affected fish. Cotton wool disease or columnaris as the experts would say is not the type of infection you would think it is. Joined 22 h ago 3 posts.

Although fairly common it s important to address the condition immediately before it can cause much. My family and i really do not want him to die. Discussion starter 1 22 h ago edited how many.

It s more commonly found in livebearers but that doesn t mean your betta won t catch it. We don t know what to do. I strongly urge those of you who are serious about improving the quality of life for your bettas to get a betta care manual and keep handy.

The other one recently got the disease and has spots all over his body. I ve had my bettas for about a week now. Cotton wool disease like almost all betta diseases can be caused by poor water quality and tank maintenance.

It can triple your betta s lifespan. I acclimated him into my 5 gallon tank that is heated to 78 degrees and filtered. From first seeing it you might think it is a fungal infection due to the fact that it resembles mold.

These bacteria usually cause outbreaks in fish that have recently undergone stress. Other causes of stress which. The tank also has plants and some nerite snails.