juliethegr8t
Addicted and in Therapy
I've got a real good mystery that I need help with!! I know a lot of you have bettas, so maybe someone can help my mom and me out. My mom has a male betta in a gallon bowl (no bigger space available), and he's just giving us a lot of questions...
He is a color-changing fiend. He was bought maybe almot a year ago (I forget), and when he was bought he was a beautiful deep blue. Within a few months, he changed to a dark red. Now.. well... believe it or not, but this guy is almost all white. He started with a white spot near his tail, and it has currently spread to include his tail, all his fins, and his head. I am positive this is not fungus of any sort - at first I thought it was, so we treated him with BettaFix for awhile, with no change. I'm tellin' ya - we are so baffled, anyone have a CLUE what's going on?! This fish acts healthy as a horse - he eats and swims around quite happily all day. He doesn't seem to be sick at all. Also - the white color actually has caused his fins to be clear, you can see right through them. His body is somewhat see-through also, you can see his spine and such.
Secondly - my mom is convinced he's shrinking. I'm not quite sure if I agree with her, but he does seem to be smaller - I think it's maybe his fins. However, I did a little research and the only thing that could actually cause this is fin rot, which I really don't think he has. His fins aren't tattered at all, they're quite healthy, besides being mostly white/clear. Are we imagining things or could something else be the culprit? Like I said before, he acts completely healthy and I've totally inspected him from head to tail, without any findings that would indicate disease.
I took some pics of him with my webcam (so please pardon the quality... eek), and posted them on a website - so check out This Link. The first photo is from a few months ago - so you can see the progression of his white coloring. The others are from tonight. Also pardon the cloudy pics - his bowl is due to be cleaned tomorrow.
Sorry for the long post, but we're having lots of trouble figuring this out. No one has ever heard of anything like it! Thanks so much everyone.
He is a color-changing fiend. He was bought maybe almot a year ago (I forget), and when he was bought he was a beautiful deep blue. Within a few months, he changed to a dark red. Now.. well... believe it or not, but this guy is almost all white. He started with a white spot near his tail, and it has currently spread to include his tail, all his fins, and his head. I am positive this is not fungus of any sort - at first I thought it was, so we treated him with BettaFix for awhile, with no change. I'm tellin' ya - we are so baffled, anyone have a CLUE what's going on?! This fish acts healthy as a horse - he eats and swims around quite happily all day. He doesn't seem to be sick at all. Also - the white color actually has caused his fins to be clear, you can see right through them. His body is somewhat see-through also, you can see his spine and such.
Secondly - my mom is convinced he's shrinking. I'm not quite sure if I agree with her, but he does seem to be smaller - I think it's maybe his fins. However, I did a little research and the only thing that could actually cause this is fin rot, which I really don't think he has. His fins aren't tattered at all, they're quite healthy, besides being mostly white/clear. Are we imagining things or could something else be the culprit? Like I said before, he acts completely healthy and I've totally inspected him from head to tail, without any findings that would indicate disease.
I took some pics of him with my webcam (so please pardon the quality... eek), and posted them on a website - so check out This Link. The first photo is from a few months ago - so you can see the progression of his white coloring. The others are from tonight. Also pardon the cloudy pics - his bowl is due to be cleaned tomorrow.
Sorry for the long post, but we're having lots of trouble figuring this out. No one has ever heard of anything like it! Thanks so much everyone.
or the fins are getting longer
