Hello, I recently discovered that my Betta’s tank has Cyanobacteria growing on the walls, on the driftwood, some of the gravel and on some of the plants. He has a lump on his side but I don’t know if this is a tumor that many Betta’s get or if it’s from the toxins from the bacteria. I plan on putting him in a “hospital” tank but I don’t know if I should give him antibiotics or not? The parameters of the tank are GH = 180 ppm, KH = 0 ppm, PH = 6.5 – 7, NO2 = 0 – 0.5 ppm , and NO3 = 20 maybe 30 ppm. If I can remove the bacteria from the plants would it be safe to put them back in the tank after I get rid of all the bacteria? How long should I put him in the hospital tank?
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The tank size is 10 gallons, it has a heater and the temperature is right around 80 degrees, I’ve had the tank for about a year. I do a 10% water change every week using a gravel vacuum. There is a mystery snail and 2 kuhli loaches. I feed him frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, sogged pellets or bug bites twice a day. I give him one day of fasting every week. I only feed him as much as he can eat in a minute. He has this mushroom house that he uses at night to sleep in. There is a piece of driftwood and a couple of plants. We bought some java moss a few months ago from a local aquarium shop that didn’t look good. I think that is what kicked off the cyanobacteria.
Are there more of these bumps or just that one, Does it move around under the scales? Is the fish lethargic? Definitely monitor as the last time I saw something very similar to this it was a tumor.
I had betta that developed a lump like that on its side. It was a tumour; he lived for about a year and a half or two years after it appeared. Unfortunately, he died because he got stuck in the decoration due to the tumour. But as long as you betta is eating and swimming, it should be fine.
Just my personal experience with something similar