Has Anyone Ever Seen Anything Like This Before?

HI guys, I just brought home this cute little betta earlier this week. He's doing great and seems nice and healthy apart from a tiny pinhole in his bottom fin. However, he has a long tendril of tissue hanging from the base of his tail!

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?

His name is Smudge

 

That's weird!

If he seems healthy I wouldn't worry about it.
Maybe just some fin rot that healed weirdly

 

That's weird!

If he seems healthy I wouldn't worry about it.
Maybe just some fin rot that healed weirdly

 

That's what I thought!!! It doesn't seem to be bothering him at all and it's the exact same colour as his tail. I've never seen anything like it before, it's even curly at the bottom haha thanks for your reply

 

If you really hate it, I know you can perform minor cosmetic surgery on arowana by putting them out with clove oil, taking them out of water, and cutting their fins a little with VERY sharp scissors so that they'll grow back nicer.

I don't know if you can with Betta's and clove oil can be lethal in high doses so I would only do that if you're comfortable.

 

ive seen this before and its something I wouldnt worry about its just the way it has healed or grown. he looks perfectly healthy and happy.

 

I would just leave it.
Cute little guy.

 

ive seen this before and its something I wouldnt worry about its just the way it has healed or grown. he looks perfectly healthy and happy.

Thank you! I can stop worrying now haha. Actually I kinda like it...,,it makes him unique

 

I would just leave it.
Cute little guy.

Thank you

 

If you really hate it, I know you can perform minor cosmetic surgery on arowana by putting them out with clove oil, taking them out of water, and cutting their fins a little with VERY sharp scissors so that they'll grow back nicer.

I don't know if you can with Betta's and clove oil can be lethal in high doses so I would only do that if you're comfortable.

Oh no! I will just leave it, he seems so happy

 

Oh no! I will just leave it, he seems so happy

That would be my first suggestion

 

Thank you! I can stop worrying now haha. Actually I kinda like it...,,it makes him unique

haha its always worrying when you see something unusual.
I like it as well, I think it is cute and adds to his beauty

 

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Thanks so much for putting my mind at rest, I really appreciate it! Here he is! He's very pretty (in real life his body is quite a vibrant lilac colour and his fins are violet going into dark purple but he has some iridescence and sometimes looks pink....and his little personality is beginning to show already

 

ive never seen such a purple betta. he has lots of different shades of purple and they are all very nice colours. nice and vibrant, my mom would love him lol, she loves purple. he is looking very happy in his new home, its amazing how different his colours look in certain lighting. is always fun discovering what kind of character they are

 

ive never seen such a purple betta. he has lots of different shades of purple and they are all very nice colours. nice and vibrant, my mom would love him lol, she loves purple. he is looking very happy in his new home, its amazing how different his colours look in certain lighting. is always fun discovering what kind of character they are

Thank you! I have never seen such a purple one either! I've had a couple of pinky purple ones in my time but never a really purple one he was quite pale in the store but when I got him home and started acclimatizing him to the tank water he literally changed colour before our very eyes. My 6 year old son was completely amazed. He was like "wow mommy Smudge is changing colour" lol

 

Thank you! I have never seen such a purple one either! I've had a couple of pinky purple ones in my time but never a really purple one he was quite pale in the store but when I got him home and started acclimatizing him to the tank water he literally changed colour before our very eyes. My 6 year old son was completely amazed. He was like "wow mommy Smudge is changing colour" lol

yes normally they are purple with another colour mixed in but Smudge is literally just purple lol. I love seeing their colour changes, it can be very beautiful. haha I never seen a betta change colour normally I see the change after I wake up

 

yes normally they are purple with another colour mixed in but Smudge is literally just purple lol. I love seeing their colour changes, it can be very beautiful. haha I never seen a betta change colour normally I see the change after I wake up

Yes me too!