One White Spot On Betta Fish
They are very damaging to the fish and can cause breathing and mobility problems and even death.
One white spot on betta fish. If it s a hard firm one then it s highly likely to be a tumor. Januaris saint fores author from intercontinental on june 15 2019. So the spot you described is also substantially larger than an ich spot would be.
The white spots can also look like salt grains blisters lesions or white dots on the body surface of the betta fish. One of the most common complaints were white spots on tropical fish or goldfish. What is it and what can i do about it.
The center is more solid white and it dissipates as it spreads out. We will deal with each of these distinct categories in turn. Your fish may have developed popeye due to dirty tank water or due to a more serious illness like tuberculosis.
My betta fish has a white ripped looking kind spot on its caudal fin. Inspect your betta fish s eyes to see if one eye or both eyes are protruding from his head. Natural aging stress and illness.
Working at an aquarium shop in college i was approached nearly every day by customers looking for solutions to their aquatic problems. White spot is caused when a protozoan attacks and attaches itself to a fish s body fins and gills. I always thought white spot disease was aptly termed ich or ick because it truly is an.
The only fallback of detecting the symptoms of ich through observation of its body surface is that by the time the white spots are observable the betta fish is already very sick. New tank was not cycled however betta s water gravel stability bacteria was added day 6 today. As eluded to earlier there is a huge variety of different reasons why your betta fish may be losing color.