Kari
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi, I've posted in the 'unhealthy fish' section before, but not here. I don't think this is a question of some type of disease or parasite though.
I have three female bettas that are in a 10 gallon community tank. They seem healthy and fine, for the most part. I'd been noticing this tiny white spot on the underside of one of them for a little over a week now. Today, I put her in a small bowl, to be able to look at her more closely. I put her back, and decided to get the other two, just to check and see what it SHOULD look like. They ALL have the same white spot. It almost looks like a small piece of bone poking through, and it's in the same place on all three. If you were to look at them from underneath, it's located in front of the long bottom fin that spans most of the underside of their body, and it's in between the two long, thin fins. If anyone else here has a female betta, or has had one, or just knows what the heck that spot is, I'd be really grateful to know. I'd thought it was a beginning sign of ich, or some other parasite, but after seeing only the one spot, and in the same place on all three fish, I'm thinking that it's part of the fish itself.
I have three female bettas that are in a 10 gallon community tank. They seem healthy and fine, for the most part. I'd been noticing this tiny white spot on the underside of one of them for a little over a week now. Today, I put her in a small bowl, to be able to look at her more closely. I put her back, and decided to get the other two, just to check and see what it SHOULD look like. They ALL have the same white spot. It almost looks like a small piece of bone poking through, and it's in the same place on all three. If you were to look at them from underneath, it's located in front of the long bottom fin that spans most of the underside of their body, and it's in between the two long, thin fins. If anyone else here has a female betta, or has had one, or just knows what the heck that spot is, I'd be really grateful to know. I'd thought it was a beginning sign of ich, or some other parasite, but after seeing only the one spot, and in the same place on all three fish, I'm thinking that it's part of the fish itself.