Hi there, fairly new betta owner here...with one really weird question. I have a big dark blue betta, very very beautiful, with red tips on his "facial fins??" and a golden sheen...here's my question, about a week ago, all of a sudden, part of the lower tip of his tail went milky white..almost transparent, just like all the colour just drained out of that section of his tail...I thought it might be an infection or fungus, but his tail is healthy, no ragged ends or holes, it's not shrinking, and the patch has not gotten any larger, but the colour has not com back either...and it's not fuzzy like fungus. Now last night when I fed him, I noticed on his face/head that he has 2-3 "spots" that look like perfect circles and are very very light gray, but again not fuzzy. I have never seen anything like this before. I would have missed the spots except that when he swam over to where I was feeding him, he swam into the light and it showed briefly, so I looked at it with a flashlight and there is was. he's swimming and eating fine, as playfull as ever, I just wonder if I should be concerned? Could it be that he's old and just going gray? Do betta's lose their colour when they get older?? He is in a 2.5 gal. tank by himself, no airation or filter yet though, I was told betta's didn't need them as they breathe air from the surface, the temp is about 78-80, and I tested his water and amm., nit, etc... all 0.00. I changed his water last week.
Help!
Help!
