Got a new betta has weird lumps on head

[Kingsnorky]

Well when I was geting stuff for my betta with HITH, I looked by the bettas saw a pretty littel female betta, had to have her but she has lumps on her head, any ideal what they are, and how to treat?

 

[Synirr]

How weird!! Looks like melanistic tumors to me

 

[Kingsnorky]

How weird!! Looks like melanistic tumors to me

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I thought it looked like tumors to.

I've been looking at her, it seems to not bother her.


EDIT: Quouted wrong thing. xD

 

[OohFeeshy]

As long as they don't inhibit breathing, they look OK to live with. Very odd though, you boght her like that? I would of thought most shops would flush fish like that.... Ah well, she has a good home now

 

[Synirr]

I just remembered, I actually saw a male with the same thing at my local Walmart a while back, but he only had one tumor. It looked very thickly coloured as compared to his normal skin, kinda like a huge mole. I agree with OohFeeshy that it seems like a fish like that would get culled, but I guess some slip through the cracks sometimes.

 

[Kingsnorky]

As long as they don't inhibit breathing, they look OK to live with. Very odd though, you boght her like that? I would of thought most shops would flush fish like that.... Ah well, she has a good home now

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She was to cute I couldn't of helped buying her, and its like she doesn't even notices them.

I just remembered, I actually saw a male with the same thing at my local Walmart a while back, but he only had one tumor. It looked very thickly coloured as compared to his normal skin, kinda like a huge mole. I agree with OohFeeshy that it seems like a fish like that would get culled, but I guess some slip through the cracks sometimes.

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Interesting, she was from Walmart.

Does look like moles doesn't it?

 

[Elisabeth83]

I was just going to make a post about a female betta of mine who seems to have some kind of growth on her face too. Gradually it's become thicker (kinda like a scab but not crusty) and it's turned blackish. I've had her for 6-7 months now though and it doesn't seem to bother her. I was thinking of euthanizing her at first because I thought my other girls would catch it but my boyfriend said tumors/moles can't spread to other fish )

 

[Kingsnorky]

I was just going to make a post about a female betta of mine who seems to have some kind of growth on her face too. Gradually it's become thicker (kinda like a scab but not crusty) and it's turned blackish. I've had her for 6-7 months now though and it doesn't seem to bother her. I was thinking of euthanizing her at first because I thought my other girls would catch it but my boyfriend said tumors/moles can't spread to other fish )

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Weird this must be a sorta common thing.