Housing
What size is your tank? Divided 10 gallon
What temperature is your tank? 77
Does your tank have a filter? no
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? Moonshoes Potter (Divided tank)
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Topfin pellets, FD Bloodworms, FD Krill, FD Spirulina
How often do you feed your betta fish? Twice a day, 1 day fasting
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 80-90%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Tetra Aquasafe Plus
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed?White nub sticking out of chin, gets longer and smaller (This morning it wasn't there, an hour later it was)
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? No change
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Thursday
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? QT, 1 tsp/gal aquarium salt and 100% daily changes
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? I'd say a year or over
He's being a butt right now and not cooperating with pictures, but for the nub, it looks like in ick spot, but it will get long and thin if he's still for a while and I'm not gawking at him. It is not ick since it is only on his chin and it hasn't spread to anywhere else on him or to Moonshoes.
I'm going to start him on either Jungle or General Cure today since the aquarium salt hasn't been effective for him and the nub hasn't shown any aversion to it. I'm just curious as to what it might be. I'm leaning towards a parasite since it will move in and out of his chin a little bit.
I'll try and get a picture of it, but no guarantees.
What size is your tank? Divided 10 gallon
What temperature is your tank? 77
Does your tank have a filter? no
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? Moonshoes Potter (Divided tank)
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? Topfin pellets, FD Bloodworms, FD Krill, FD Spirulina
How often do you feed your betta fish? Twice a day, 1 day fasting
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 80-90%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Tetra Aquasafe Plus
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed?White nub sticking out of chin, gets longer and smaller (This morning it wasn't there, an hour later it was)
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? No change
When did you start noticing the symptoms? Thursday
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? QT, 1 tsp/gal aquarium salt and 100% daily changes
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? I'd say a year or over
He's being a butt right now and not cooperating with pictures, but for the nub, it looks like in ick spot, but it will get long and thin if he's still for a while and I'm not gawking at him. It is not ick since it is only on his chin and it hasn't spread to anywhere else on him or to Moonshoes.
I'm going to start him on either Jungle or General Cure today since the aquarium salt hasn't been effective for him and the nub hasn't shown any aversion to it. I'm just curious as to what it might be. I'm leaning towards a parasite since it will move in and out of his chin a little bit.
I'll try and get a picture of it, but no guarantees.