This is Sweet Pea, a female koi betta. My friend has probably had her for about 4 months. When she was first brought home, she developed the small white spot you see above her eye (the scales appear flattened and colorless). They said she got better after a few weeks, but then it came back and spread down to her cheek.
She doesn’t appear stressed whatsoever, she eats as normal, and her tank parameters are good (6.5 gal tank, heavily planted, heated to 78°F, HoB filter, 0 ppm of ammonia and nitrites, and 5-10 ppm nitrates)
Google says it could be a range of infections, but the descriptions don’t fit her appearance or behavior. Has anyone seen this before?
Is there such thing as fish vitiligo? Lol
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Marble genes can cause a betta to change patterns over time, but I’m not sure I’ve seen a koi like that.