large bump on bettas side

[danae]

hi! so i’ve had my betta fish for a year now and while i was away at college a large lump started to form on her right side and it has only gotten bigger. i tried to medicate her but she seems perfectly healthy besides the bump. i’m wondering what it is or what i can do to make it go away? sorry that the images are on twitter i couldn’t figure out how else to get them on here

 

[danae]

sorry the pics didn’t post!

 

[Colin_T]

The fish has a tumour or cysts in its body. There is nothing you can do to treat it. Just feed the fish a varied diet and do regular water changes. When the fish stops eating or can't swim properly, euthanize it.

 

[danae]

there’s no way to remove or drain it?

 

[Colin_T]

nope. you will either kill the fish when you try to anesthetise it, or you will do significant damage to the fish trying to remove it (this is a big growth in a small fish), or the fish suffocates while it is being operated on.