Bear with me, I don't know much about a fish but I have a betta and today I noticed on the 2 long skinny fins that hang from the bottom of his body (not the big fins) he has a white spot on one. It's really tiny, but it wasn't there before. He is still eating normally and swimming around. What do I do about this?
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he might have ich, which is a parasite. however medications are extremely hard on fish, so until you know for sure I wouldn't run out and buy anything.
instead wait until tomorrow. if it's ich there will be more. ich is also fairly fast spreading, so buy tomorrow you should know for sure. if it doesn't look like someone sprinkled salt on him or at least have a good amount more, it's not ich. if it is ich simply go to the pet store and buy something that treats ich and parasites. ones that say they treat ich and fungus or bacterial infections won't work. I also suggest from now on adding 1/2 a tsp of freshwater aquarium salt to every gallon of water he's in.
he has what they call ick,go to the pet store and tell them you need the medication for ick.you just put so many drops to the gallon of water,it will tell you on the bottle.
It's called ich, highly contagious. You need to put the betta in an isolated container and pour some anti-ich formula into the water. You can get anti-ich remedy in pet stores.
what u do immedetly is u go to a store and buy in the pet isle u buy "quick cure" thats what i do 4 my fish and just put 1 drop in its tank 4 2 days
By the sounds of it he has ich.
This is a fairly common fish disease and can be healed fairly easy. Your local pet shop and probably even WalMart will sell a large variety of over the counter cures. Just ask at the store which one they think will be best for your little guy.
While you are waiting for the pet store to open, you can do a partial water change to help reduce the amount of contangient in his acquarium.
I hope the your little buddy feels better soon.
