I will attempt to post half-decent pictures, but cell phone quality is never good! My betta has a plethora of issues. He has just been moved from a one-gallon bowl to a five-gallon tank, and I am going to start slowly heating the tank up soon. However, he has developed these spots on his face that are a mix of shiny and white, as well as discoloration around his "chest" and pectoral fins. I saw him clamping the pectoral fins last night, which he has never done before and not done since then. He also has maintained a raggedy look to his fins since treating him for fin rot a few months back, and they are transparent towards the bottom...as if they are going to regain color, but it has been months. Some of the fins also appear to have small holes in them, but they have not gone away. They do not get worse or better. The pictures can probably explain this better than I can. I just want to find out if the spots around his face are something to worry about, and if there is anything I can do about the fins...maybe the fin rot came back. The only "shiny scale" disease I can think of is velvet, but it is not on his body. Perhaps it's just aging or discoloration from being in a bowl. Anything is possible.
HUGE photos, so I am just going to provide links.
http/img80.imageshack.us/img80/4861/facefront.jpg
http/img687.imageshack.us/img687/3166/finclose.jpg
http/img87.imageshack.us/img87/3139/bottoms.jpg <- okay, he started going to the bathroom, but that white area by the gills used to be red...
http/img51.imageshack.us/img51/8676/facejc.jpg
HUGE photos, so I am just going to provide links.
http/img80.imageshack.us/img80/4861/facefront.jpg
http/img687.imageshack.us/img687/3166/finclose.jpg
http/img87.imageshack.us/img87/3139/bottoms.jpg <- okay, he started going to the bathroom, but that white area by the gills used to be red...
http/img51.imageshack.us/img51/8676/facejc.jpg