Hi all...
Got yet another Betta question for ya, this time involving parasites. Well we assume they were parasites anyway but we have no idea what type so here's the info.
Last week we noticed that our male Betta had little white dots on his head, just maybe 2 or 3 of them. Of course we first thought of Ick, but these dots seemed to be coming from underneath his scales because the scales were pushed up in those spots. That's all they were was dots, we never saw an actual worm or anything like that.
We treated him with Jungle Parasite Clear and they seem to have gone away, and his head looks a little bumpy now, which I think I read was a sign of parasites. I should probably mention that he never showed any other symptoms that are commonly associated with parasites. No gasping or flashing or anything like that. He was perfectly normal other than those dots.
We're thrilled that he's looking better but we were curious if anyone had any idea what type of parasite this is / could have been. If it's anchor worms we need to do another treatment, but I don't think it was anchor worms since we never seen anything actually hanging from him. For all we know it wasn't even a parasite to begin with and we just lucked out that the meds worked and didn't make him even worse.
Thanks in advance for your time!!
Got yet another Betta question for ya, this time involving parasites. Well we assume they were parasites anyway but we have no idea what type so here's the info.
Last week we noticed that our male Betta had little white dots on his head, just maybe 2 or 3 of them. Of course we first thought of Ick, but these dots seemed to be coming from underneath his scales because the scales were pushed up in those spots. That's all they were was dots, we never saw an actual worm or anything like that.
We treated him with Jungle Parasite Clear and they seem to have gone away, and his head looks a little bumpy now, which I think I read was a sign of parasites. I should probably mention that he never showed any other symptoms that are commonly associated with parasites. No gasping or flashing or anything like that. He was perfectly normal other than those dots.
We're thrilled that he's looking better but we were curious if anyone had any idea what type of parasite this is / could have been. If it's anchor worms we need to do another treatment, but I don't think it was anchor worms since we never seen anything actually hanging from him. For all we know it wasn't even a parasite to begin with and we just lucked out that the meds worked and didn't make him even worse.
Thanks in advance for your time!!