Betta Has A Lump And Just Lies Around

[eutoria26]

So, I got a betta about a month ago. I noticed a few weeks ago that he had a lump on his body near his back fin. It hasn't really grown much, but now for the past few days he has not being moving around in his tank as much as he used to. He kinda just sits there. Just now I saw him floating there and then the front half of his body started pointing downwards while the back side of him starting floating up. He did that for a few seconds then had a fit, swimming all around the tank really quickly and wildly. I hate seeing him like this. Does anyone have any clue what's going on?

 

[Ravenwing]

What does this "lump" look like? Is there a chance you could get a picture??? If it's actually a large lump, it might be a tumor of some kind....though it's really hard to say with out a more accurate discription...

The movement you're discribing _may_ have something to do with a problem in his swim bladder...also, how's his water temp? Lower temperatures (75 degrees or below F) tend to make betta's more sluggish....

But again, a picture or more of a discription would help a lot...

-Ravenwing

 

[eutoria26]

I'll try to get a picture up if not tonight, tomorrow.

 

[jumphigh]

Pop him in a bag, whack it on some concrete, and drop it in the bin. Then get yourself another fish.

Betta have an average lifespan much shorter than most think. When in pain like you describe, a fish has very nearly reached his end and should be put out of its misery.

 

[invader]

Pop him in a bag, whack it on some concrete, and drop it in the bin. Then get yourself another fish.

Betta have an average lifespan much shorter than most think. When in pain like you describe, a fish has very nearly reached his end and should be put out of its misery.

That was vulgar and uncalled for.

eutoria26, your best bet is to get a picture of the lump and post it on this forum and also the emergency forum, so you get a better idea of what is wrong with your boy.

 

[lisie]

Pop him in a bag, whack it on some concrete, and drop it in the bin. Then get yourself another fish.

Betta have an average lifespan much shorter than most think. When in pain like you describe, a fish has very nearly reached his end and should be put out of its misery.

So when a fish gets sick, you should just kill it?

You have no right to be posting on another thread about other people being "cruel" to their fish. Not that you were right anyway.

 

[Liberty802]

Is the lump discolored? does it have a grayish outlining to it? I had a male with a lump on his head that was caused by some type of bacterial infection, what I did was give him a bacterial med (like trisulfa), increased the airation in his tank, and put a hot, wet, dechloronated towel over his tank once a day to increase humidity.

 

[eutoria26]

I'm gonna have to post a picture on Friday, as it is too late now to upload all my pictures. I was gone for about 4 hours and part of his body has now turned a yellowish color. I should mention that he used to be abright, vibrant red. He also swam violently around his tank again and then just sort of became paralyzed and seemed to just drift. Hopefully, the picture tomorrow will help. Oh, and his lump is not grayish, nor is it something that seems to be growing ON his scales, it's more like it's inside his body.

 

[eutoria26]

So, this morning I decided to change his water. I change it once a week, on Sundays. However, I thought I could give it a go to see if he would improve. Four hours later, he is great now!! He is his normal, feisty self. His lump is also smaller and his color is about 80% back to normal. I think probably his water was really bad. I do conditioning to it, to remove chlorine and to bring the pH to 7 and to remove ammonia and nitrite. However, someone told me a few weeks ago to always leave half of the old water in the tank. I tried that the last water change, and I think that's what made him sick. So, I'm happy because he also ate today too. Thanks for all your help.

Oh, and I'd love to post a picture of him, but it's saying that the file is too big. How can I resize the picture or post it some other way?

 

[SugarQube]

Please ignore jumphighs post thats not very nice I was in a happy mood until I read that

 

[eutoria26]

Please ignore jumphighs post thats not very nice I was in a happy mood until I read that

Oh, yeah, totally ignored, hehe.

 

[lisie]

I do conditioning to it, to remove chlorine and to bring the pH to 7 and to remove ammonia and nitrite.

Regarding pH, you're really better off just leaving it alone rather than using chemicals to change it. That causes fluctuations in pH which is worse than having it too high or low.

Oh, and I'd love to post a picture of him, but it's saying that the file is too big. How can I resize the picture or post it some other way?

If you have paint or a program like it, you can just open the photo, click "image" in the menu bar, then "stretch/skew," and resize it horizontally and vertically to the same percentage until it's a good size. Or you can e-mail it to me and I'll do it for you: littlelisie at gmail dot com.

 

[eutoria26]

Here he is, my Mr. Bubbles:

 

[ImperfectFaerie]

Mr. Bubbles looks exactly like my Sashimi! Beautiful

 

[eutoria26]

Sashimi! What a great name.