female betta

[longhorn13]

this morning before going to work I noticed that my female betta had a white spot right above her lip, I didn't have time to do anything and when I got home from work, it had spread around her mouth and now kinda looks like she's got a goatee. any idea what this is? I had her in a 2g that wasn't heated (didn't have a heater small enough) and I just finished moving my molly fry to a 10G, so I put her in the 5G they were in. so now she's in a nice heated tank, what else can i do to help?

 

[longhorn13]

ok, looks like it's true fungus or body fungus. any ideas as to what's best to treat it? i think i saw methylblue or something like that was supposed to work for that

 

[tstenback]

Any of the anti fungal remedies at the lfs will do. This usually clears up pretty quick if you get on it right away. good Luck

 

[Annastasia]

Like tstenbeck said, any of the fungal remidies will work. I noticed fungus on my gourami, got some fungus meds, and it cleared up pretty fast!
Hope your betta gets better soon!

 

[longhorn13]

Thanks, i'll get some this afternoon and see how she does

 

[rykitten]

Are they little spots/dots or fuzzy white spots?

 

[longhorn13]

well, it doesnt' matter now...i got home from work and was ready to medicate, but she didn't make it..rip

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Sorry to hear that. My condolences.

 

[tstenback]

Sorry about your female If you are like me you probably looking for her replacement already.

 

[longhorn13]

i'm probably going to wait a while. i want to clean that tank out really well, make it safe for the next tenant. if she had fungus i'm guessing that i probably should start over to make sure there's not too much junk in the water and such. plus i want to change the substrate and go with sand.