I Have No Clue Anymore. Help?

[Yuki_of_the_Stars]

I have been worried about my female Crowntail betta, Sasame. She's been swimming fine, eating well, but I noticed a white blotch near her gills. At first I thought it was velvet, but there's no fuzzyness or anything. I'm really worried. she's my favorite, and I really don't want to loose her.

 

[WILDER]

Need to look at your water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.
The blotch does it look slimey in appearance.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing or laboured breathing.

 

[Yuki_of_the_Stars]

I do 20% water changes twice a week, so I'm pretty sure it's not that. The patch is completely flat, no fuzz, and no slime. She is acting completely normal, no changes whatsoever. I am 100% sure it was not there before last week, when this showed up. No other fish has gotten this in the tank she is in, and none of the fish in the tank she was in at my lfs has this either. I'm starting to think it's just a color change on her.

 

[WILDER]

Bleached out patches beneath the skin can be columnaris.

 

[Yuki_of_the_Stars]

Oh god, I hope it's not that! What do I do??

 

[fishyfeet]

what about adding melafix and a little salt, also if you raise the temp to about 80 and indian almond leaves they dont get these diseases, di

 

[WILDER]

Melafix is no good on columnaris.
United states maracyn one and two.
Uk myxazin and pimafix.