My female betta is currently in my quarantine tank and has developed a new split in her upper lip as of today, which you can see at 0:06 in the video I've attached. I don't understand what's causing these splits because the split runs deep enough in one part to see red. She is still being treated with Melafix for a previous infection and I add aquarium salt to the tank because she has recently come down with ich.
She's in the quarantine ta ich after she had a bacterial infection around her mouth about a month ago that caused it to become swollen and covered with white. I assume the infection ate away at part of her upper lip so you'll see part of it missing at 0:17. She's since healed from that and I've been treating her with Melafix still just because there is still some deformity, swelling and white.
I've been treating the ich with aquarium salt and water changes.
The quarantine tank is 3g with 2 small plants, a moss ball, gravel, a rock and decoration. Her temperature is always around 78.5 degrees. The pH, ammonia, and nitrate levels are all alright. All the other bettas in the sorority I took her out of are healthy.
Why do you think the area around my betta's mouth is splitting and swelling?
She's in the quarantine ta ich after she had a bacterial infection around her mouth about a month ago that caused it to become swollen and covered with white. I assume the infection ate away at part of her upper lip so you'll see part of it missing at 0:17. She's since healed from that and I've been treating her with Melafix still just because there is still some deformity, swelling and white.
I've been treating the ich with aquarium salt and water changes.
The quarantine tank is 3g with 2 small plants, a moss ball, gravel, a rock and decoration. Her temperature is always around 78.5 degrees. The pH, ammonia, and nitrate levels are all alright. All the other bettas in the sorority I took her out of are healthy.
Why do you think the area around my betta's mouth is splitting and swelling?
No matter what I do, itās been one thing after another with her. She is the oldest fish in the tank so maybe that has some part in this? There is some white. Maybe the mouth fungus is coming back?
