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Long story short, Freddy's my MG VT boy I got back in August. He's going through some changes lately, I didn't expect it really...

The other day I noticed a spot on his gill, so I PM'd Sakura. We were thinking either a slow acting columnaris or flukes but Freddy was acting normal and eating great.

4 days ago, notice the yellow on his side

I decided to watch him before treating. Its been crazy here lately with the cat rescue and the feral foster so I didn't stop to look at him until tonight and I was horrified. The top/side of his head and left side is covered... I took him out for better inspection and to go into a 2g set up for treatment and this is what I saw

This is when Freddy first came home...

So Sakura, looks like there's nothing really wrong with Freddy!

Has anyone else seen such a quick transformation? Is he still a MG? What is he now? Is this normal or a reason for concern?

 

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Just color! he started getting a yellow dorsal fin about a month ago, and the whole fin turned yellow. Thought it was cool! But now I see it's going and going and it looks like the yellow is taking over his whole body. Nothing else wrong with him, he acts and eats normal.

 

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Maybe it's from living beside Twitch? Every since I put him in the divided tank, with Twitch beside him... he's been changing lol *silly I know*

Twitch:

 

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Imagine the shock when I looked at him and I saw all this over his face and head, after you mentioning columnaris lol I was like O_O <--

He's one weird ticket!

 

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Myates, need info on that one! He's been changing since he was in a divided tank, slowly at first but the yellows really taken over the last few weeks.

 

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Could the fact that there was marbles in his spawn have anything to do with it? Could it be a hidden gene that's coming out now that he's older? I would say he's just about a year old. I bought him in August of last year but he didn't seem to be a full grown Betta then. Sadly, I'm not up and up on genes. Myates, I'll read all that in a minute and try to make heads or tails of it. Honestly... the yellow on his is a beautiful gold and it's still spreading. I'll post pictures tomorrow, the side of his face is nearly all yellow now.

I'm really confused as well, as he's acting fine and normal. Still his spunky old self and eating great. His two room mates are not effected at all (Nixon and Twitch).

 

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Pet store Bettas.. never a dull moment lol

 

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Update on Freddy

 

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I've had others slightly change, but Freddy takes the cake!

 

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Bleach blonde!! hahaha Awesome Silver!!

You never know what you'll get with these pet store Bettas

 

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I gosh Freddy, I hope you're done! Gives me a heart attack, every time I see Freddy at the tank I jump thinking Twitch is in Freddy's spot LOL

 

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Thanks for putting the pictures together.. what a crazy monkey he is. I always said all my Bettas have something interesting about them but Freddy was always plain. I guess he fixed that.

It's funny, you can see the same patterns in his fins, even though he's all yellow. Compare the two pics and you can see where his original yellow (MG) was LOL

 

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THAT would be cool.

 

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Molly, his frill?

Holly, thanks for the link! That was amazing to watch, reminds me so much of Freddy lol

 

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i think they meant beard....

Actually, now that I'm looking at them... Twitch's beard is black but Freddy's is yellow...

 

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Uhh duckweed, my 29g is taken over by it. I have to sell some LOL

 

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wish I could find duckweed. :/ :lol:

When it warms up some, I can send you duckweed I'll just toss some in a bag, pack it up in a small box and send. Shouldn't be more than $10 to ship a small box Or I could just place it in wet newpaper and seal it in a baggie and send that way

 

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Well this took about 2 months to complete, but it's a huge change. Everyday the yellow would creep more and more lol

Hallyx, it's actually a $50 point and shoot Kodak. But I know how my camera works. Basically, I stand back, take a HUGE MP picture, put it on picasa and crop it down to just Freddy. Comes out nice! I also take it on a bit of an angle so I don't get a glare

 

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All I can find are cameras without cords, or film cameras I want a canon or sony (or kodak) camera :lol: If I can find one. With cords.

I lose all my cords lol What I did was buy a memory card reader at WalMart for $10, and I take the card out of my camera and plug it into my computer. Much faster too. My camera takes AA's, so I bought Kodak rechargable ones that come with a charger. So really, I only have the camera myself, and I bought the batteries and the memory card reader

Now my other Fuji camera, it has a square battery and I can't find the charger. PAIN!!

oh my that is INSANE! hes so pretty though! your fish and that link about marbles makes me want to go buy one right now! haha the most Antione has changed is just showing his yellow/green a little brighter

I have a marble here, and 2 others with the marble gene and none of them have changed really. But yet, Freddy does this LOL I wonder if he'll change back!

 

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I found some film cameras. and by some I mean tons :lol: minota or something brand, and fujifilm.

Minolta... ewwwww.