Betta Fish Help! Urgent! Please Help!

[Tomato the Betta]

Hey everybody,

I was feeding my Betta tonight when I noticed something concerning on his tail. He had a little white fuzz thing on the end. A little backstory of my Betta. He is pushing on his years at 5-6 years old (we don't know exact age, but know it is around there). We just did a routine water change and this one included scrubbing and vacuuming his gravel. He is in a 10 gallon that is heated and filtered.

He tears his fins very easily and we have been struggling with that a lot more lately. I have replaced any ornaments and plants that may have been issues. This is not fin rot, but fin tear, and I know that for a fact.

This little white fuzzy is very small and minimal and just at the end of one of his tail ends that are recovering. We haven't had any problem like this before. I have checked him and there are no other fuzzies anywhere else on him and nowhere else in the tank.

I will be monitoring him closely and seeing if it grows or go away, but I want to know if this is an early phase of something more serious and what to do if it is.

My boy is old and can't fight off anything like this the way he used to. I know he is old and pushing on his years, but I want to know if there is anything else I can do for him before that day comes.

Thank you all in advance and please help me. I would include photos but none that I get show the little white fuzzy on him. I want to say it looks like a fungus but I just don't know.

 

[SM1199]

Fuzzy white spots are fungus. Methylene blue is an excellent medication to use as a dip or bath for fungus. When I bred my bettas last year, the female got a few torn fins and a couple white fuzzy spots on top of them - a single M. blue bath nipped that right in the bud and her fins grew back without a problem.

 

[Tomato the Betta]

Fuzzy white spots are fungus. Methylene blue is an excellent medication to use as a dip or bath for fungus. When I bred my bettas last year, the female got a few torn fins and a couple white fuzzy spots on top of them - a single M. blue bath nipped that right in the bud and her fins grew back without a problem.

Thank you so much! I just have a few questions with that. Is there a brand you find better? And how do I give him a bath in it?

 

[SM1199]

Thank you so much! I just have a few questions with that. Is there a brand you find better? And how do I give him a bath in it?

All m. blue should be the same, no matter the brand. I believe mine is by Kordon and that's probably the easiest one to find.

In a separate container that you don't mind dying slightly blue, pour some tank water in and add in m. blue dropwise, mixing, until you get a medium blue color. Net out the fish and set him into the m. blue container. Let him stay there for a few minutes, then net him and put him back in his tank. Keep an eye on him and remove him earlier if he starts to act unusual. I have never had any issues even while overdosing m. blue, and I for sure have accidentally created nearly solid dark blue baths before, left fish in for over 10 minutes, etc, but some people do mention it having strange behavioral side effects that I've personally never observed.

Good luck!

 

[Amythe]

Hey everybody,

I was feeding my Betta tonight when I noticed something concerning on his tail. He had a little white fuzz thing on the end. A little backstory of my Betta. He is pushing on his years at 5-6 years old (we don't know exact age, but know it is around there). We just did a routine water change and this one included scrubbing and vacuuming his gravel. He is in a 10 gallon that is heated and filtered.

He tears his fins very easily and we have been struggling with that a lot more lately. I have replaced any ornaments and plants that may have been issues. This is not fin rot, but fin tear, and I know that for a fact.

This little white fuzzy is very small and minimal and just at the end of one of his tail ends that are recovering. We haven't had any problem like this before. I have checked him and there are no other fuzzies anywhere else on him and nowhere else in the tank.

I will be monitoring him closely and seeing if it grows or go away, but I want to know if this is an early phase of something more serious and what to do if it is.

My boy is old and can't fight off anything like this the way he used to. I know he is old and pushing on his years, but I want to know if there is anything else I can do for him before that day comes.

Thank you all in advance and please help me. I would include photos but none that I get show the little white fuzzy on him. I want to say it looks like a fungus but I just don't know.

Fungi, Could be mold, Just keep the water clean