Funkyfishgorl
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Pictured below is my male betta in the store (20 December 19) followed by his first days in his new home.
He instantly became much more vibrant which I was very happy about. However he then developed a dark spot by his lip - starting off as a small grey dot. He was also glass surfing for most of the day though so I upgraded him into a bigger, older (2-3 months): 60L, heavily planted tank with stable conditions of 0 nitrite/ammonia and continued to monitor him.
(I couldn’t clear the 60L as I didn’t have space so he moved in with a couple female guppies and otos. He occasionally chases or postures but never bites the guppies and is not bothered at all with otos. I had to move the guppies from their old tank to save some babies (thought I might as well save the first batch..) once they are bigger the guppies will be separated from him as I’m aware that they do not make great tank mates. Unfortunately I don’t have the space for him to be alone now in a different tank that’s well established.)
The dark spot on his mouth seems to get larger/darker and small dark dots that appear white when lit by flash appeared on his tail (although are slightly visible in earlier pictures) which led me to treat with Melafix at half the dosage in case it’s fin rot. The mouth and tail spots are pictured below (with/out flash for tail to show the dark/white colour of the spots)
He has become more lethargic, resting at the top a lot and not showing as much enthusiasm for food which is cause for concern. Could this be black spot (diplopstomiasis) or fin rot? Could he be a marble betta changing colour ?
I’m very worried and would appreciate any help as I’m new to fishkeeping. Thank you in advance. I’ve done all the research and those three suggestions are the only things I can think of, but as I say I’m new so any help would be hugely appreciated. Here are some more pictures (without flash) of him I took today:
He instantly became much more vibrant which I was very happy about. However he then developed a dark spot by his lip - starting off as a small grey dot. He was also glass surfing for most of the day though so I upgraded him into a bigger, older (2-3 months): 60L, heavily planted tank with stable conditions of 0 nitrite/ammonia and continued to monitor him.
(I couldn’t clear the 60L as I didn’t have space so he moved in with a couple female guppies and otos. He occasionally chases or postures but never bites the guppies and is not bothered at all with otos. I had to move the guppies from their old tank to save some babies (thought I might as well save the first batch..) once they are bigger the guppies will be separated from him as I’m aware that they do not make great tank mates. Unfortunately I don’t have the space for him to be alone now in a different tank that’s well established.)
The dark spot on his mouth seems to get larger/darker and small dark dots that appear white when lit by flash appeared on his tail (although are slightly visible in earlier pictures) which led me to treat with Melafix at half the dosage in case it’s fin rot. The mouth and tail spots are pictured below (with/out flash for tail to show the dark/white colour of the spots)
He has become more lethargic, resting at the top a lot and not showing as much enthusiasm for food which is cause for concern. Could this be black spot (diplopstomiasis) or fin rot? Could he be a marble betta changing colour ?
I’m very worried and would appreciate any help as I’m new to fishkeeping. Thank you in advance. I’ve done all the research and those three suggestions are the only things I can think of, but as I say I’m new so any help would be hugely appreciated. Here are some more pictures (without flash) of him I took today:
