bump on betta

[sweetgurlsparkle]

5 days. Day 1: two tablets, Day 2-5: 1 tablet. This is day 4.

edit: The bump also seems to be secreting white stuff.

 

[WILDER]

Can you redose after that, just give it time.

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

The bump also seems to be secreting white stuff.

I could retreate him, but he will have to go in a 1 gallon, because I don't have enough to treat a ten gallon tank again. Is it necessary to do a second round in order for it to go away?

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

last day of treatment:

bump's still there.

 

[WILDER]

If the bump is ousing white stuff out of it, it's better to issolate the fish in the one gallon, retreat with the internal bacteria med.

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

ok. He's the only one in the tank though. I'll put him in the 1gallon tomorrow.

 

[WILDER]

Leave him in if he's the only fish in there, was just scared of the fish infectiong the other fish with it ousing liquid out.

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

Should I retreat him though? Or has it been treated and just needs time to go away? The bump looks basically the same.

 

[WILDER]

I would retreat, add some salt to the tank as well, good luck.

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

well, I retreated him, no luck. It does not seem to affect him at all, is it possible that the bump is not dangerous?

 

[WILDER]

Stop treatment then, just see how the fish goes, good luck.

 

[sweetgurlsparkle]

ok, I hope it isn't anything dangerous. He's very active and eats, so I don't know.

 

[BettaMomma]

Hi!
My little Amos seems to ALWAYS have some sort of little "something" on him. i don't think he's ever been without some little lump or bump since the day I brought home from the hellhole WalMart...

The spot you're referring to sounds very similar to what Amos has had... It all started with Amos when one of my co-workers grossly overfed him (like 100 pellets over a weekend - EEK!) Anyway... when I got back to work on Monday, I immediately did a 100% change and scrubbed the tank & rocks. I noticed he had a white spot just above his gill on one side of his head. It looked like a tiny white puffy spot. It eventually turned into something that looked like a pimple. the whole time he was swimming and eating normally, even making bubble nests like crazy. I am a VERY paranoid fishy momma, so I decided that (when it hadn't gone away after several days) I needed to treat it. I treated with maracyn, and it didn't go away - several weeks later, it finally went away on its own with clean water.

Since then, he's now developed another one on the other side of his head - but he's otherwise acting normally. I'm not going to treat him this time unless I see it get worse. I'm just making sure to keep his water sparkly clean.

When you say it seems to be secreting white stuff - does it just look like there's a white stringy "thing" hanging off of it, or is there liquid stuff coming out of it? (they can actually both look to be one in the same)...

Just make sure to also keep his water in the 80 degree range if you can.
As long as he's doing everything else normally, like eating & swimming - he'll be okay.

Things to watch out for are loss of color, raggedy fins, swollen eye, scales sticking up or him hanging out at the bottom with his fins clamped OR he starts breathing like he's gasping for air. (you probably already know all this, but just wanted to put it out there). If he does start doing any of those things, you should consider another treatment, but until then I think he'll be okay.