Regular Member Pontosfan Posted June 21, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 21, 2010 Mr Velvet, my betta slpendens, has a growth on his side near the base of his tail and it's growing larger every day. Any help or advice on what it is or what to do would be great. Here are some pictures (it's sad that this is Mr V's pictorial debut on this forum). It diesn't seem to be causing him any problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted June 21, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 21, 2010 oh no! could that be one of those cauliflower warts of something? check this thread - the betta has something a bit similar - I am not really familiar with warts etc... My link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member CatfishSoup Posted June 21, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 21, 2010 holy moses! no clue what it is, but i hope you can find treatment for that awesome betta soon ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shellbell4ever Posted June 22, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2010 Ouch poor guy I have never seen anything like it...i hope you find out what it is and how to treat is asap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maceo Posted June 22, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2010 Huh, that is odd. Unfortunately bettas are notorious for getting tumors of all sorts and there's not really much you can do about it. That being said, maybe someone will come along who knows exactly what that is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Marlis Posted June 22, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2010 I have no experience with anything this big; my rescue, Doctor Jeep is the only betta I had that had a growth, and it grew to the size of his eye before I salted for a week, and it mysteriously disappeared. Hopefully this is a benign growth and only cosmetic for Mr. Velvet. Good luck!(His name is kinda ominous, don't you think? ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Pontosfan Posted August 9, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 9, 2010 Just an update on this problem: The growth as since trippled in size (!) and recently part of it has somehow been ripped off (ouch) revealing solid white underneath. His eyes are swollen (one looks clouded over) and it looks like he has another lump forming on his chest! Despite all this, unbelievably, he has shown no changes in behaviour and is eating and swimming as normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member amynmitchell Posted August 9, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted August 9, 2010 Wow...I wish I had some advice. I have no real betta experience. That is one tough fishy though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member itsalltoomuch Posted September 6, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted September 6, 2010 I hope he's doing OK! Poor thing.. I hope it doesn't grow so big that he can't swim properly anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TetraLover Posted September 14, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted September 14, 2010 Do fish get cancer? It kind of sounds like that if it's spreading. Eye problem might be from infection of the other falling off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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