Betta Fish Sick White Spots
Learn how to prevent diagnose and treat common betta fish infections and diseases.
Betta fish sick white spots. Yellow spots will be found on the body and or fins of your betta. Ick also known as ich or white spot is an external parasite that latches onto the body of a betta causing irritation itchiness and malaise. You know your betta better than anyone.
See also the best medication for sick betta. Number one killer of betta fish. Hello we purchased our betta fish sick with fin rot a month and a half ago.
By sarah donut 3 years ago on general freshwater questions. The white spots can also look like salt grains blisters lesions or white dots on the body surface of the betta fish. However i ve noticed white spots around his face area and at first i thought it was ich.
Any time you suspect a betta is sick you should take it away from other fish since many illnesses are contagious. Very hard to detect on yellowish gold colored bettas. The parasite stays on the fish for up to 4 or 5 days before it drops off reproduces and then latches back onto the fish.
If your betta fish has ich treat the water with a medicated ich guard. After 3 weeks or so of nursing him back to health he was so sick. Additionally you may not be able to find medications for bettas in a pet store or even a fish store.
I treated it immediately but now it s been about over a week since the treatment and the white spots remain. Betta fish white spot on head. To cure betta fish diseases start by moving your fish to a different tank so you can treat the water in its old tank.