Any help appreciated. I had posted pictures on Reddit a couple times about a white spot that appeared on my betta’s side about a month ago. I first noticed a scale looked lifted, then it turned white, and today this bubble. I thought it was a benign tumor. Very concerned.
Tank is 10g, heated to 80 degrees. I use an Aqueon 20 filter. I use the api master test kit (liquid). Ammonia 0 (possibly .25ppm, I have trouble reading the color) nitrite 0, nitrate 5.0ppm. These were the readings before I did a water change. Ph is 8.0. It seemed high so I added some almond leaves that have been in the tank for a week. I do 30-40% water change once a week. Tank also includes a mystery snail and Nerite snail. Tank is planted and I feed hikari bio gold 7-8 pellets a day.
There has been a heat wave where I live but I haven’t noticed the temperature in the tank fluctuating much, more than a couple degrees from 80-82. Tank also has an air stone.
Photos are from most recent (first two were taken yesterday) to a few weeks ago, to about a month ago when I first noticed the lifted scale, to give you some chronology. When the spot turned white, some people suggested that it might be a benign tumor that can occur in dragon scale bettas. Any help is appreciated, I am very concerned.
Tank is 10g, heated to 80 degrees. I use an Aqueon 20 filter. I use the api master test kit (liquid). Ammonia 0 (possibly .25ppm, I have trouble reading the color) nitrite 0, nitrate 5.0ppm. These were the readings before I did a water change. Ph is 8.0. It seemed high so I added some almond leaves that have been in the tank for a week. I do 30-40% water change once a week. Tank also includes a mystery snail and Nerite snail. Tank is planted and I feed hikari bio gold 7-8 pellets a day.
There has been a heat wave where I live but I haven’t noticed the temperature in the tank fluctuating much, more than a couple degrees from 80-82. Tank also has an air stone.
Photos are from most recent (first two were taken yesterday) to a few weeks ago, to about a month ago when I first noticed the lifted scale, to give you some chronology. When the spot turned white, some people suggested that it might be a benign tumor that can occur in dragon scale bettas. Any help is appreciated, I am very concerned.