I have a sorority of female bettas. Two weeks ago i saw one of them has a slightly raised pair of bumps. Both are only 1mm raised. The one on her head is most visible, and semi translucent white coloured and 5-6mm diameter. The one on her right side is only noticeable if you look close but has 9-10mm diameter. She is eating and behaving normally.
Treatments already tried. Salt baths, quarantine, weak formaldehyde, malachite green for 4.5 days but she was looking a bit rough so I decided to call it instead of doing a longer course. Nothing has changed in her condition since these. The size of these lesions don't change but sometimes the one on her heard looks more opaque.
I will endeavour to get better pictures but she is the best at avoiding pictures.
Tank stats:
Nitrate: 10
Nitrite: 0.5
Carbonate: 140
Hardness: 150
This tank is 140l, and fairly stable with parameters. I can often go 2-3 weeks without a water change unless they get overfed, which does happen every now and then. Tank is medium planted cattappa and botanicals added. Has been running 6 months. The only deaths I've had have been 3 rescue mollies which were badly overbred.
Filter: sponge intake and biological media noodle things (unchanged since start up)
Partial water change is due tomorrow but can do today as I'm doing the other tanks.
I live in England LFS do not stock antibiotics, fish savvy vets are scarce. I have access to fenbendazole, methylene blue, formaldehyde, liquid cattappa and salt. I can get hold of metronidazole for other animals. I have erythromycin and doxycycline for human use which I can titrate for fish.
She has been out of treatment about a week but no change.
If you have a good procedure for salt baths I'd like to hear it because I'm not 100% on dosage and time as the Internet is the Internet.
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Posted by ynvoid