Betta has a pimple?

[dwyatt]

Greetings, my betta, who I've had for almost a year now, has grown what looks like a red pimple between his eye and his nose. Otherwise he seems very healthy. Is this anything I should worry about? I could not find anything in the list of diseases that describes it.

 

[revfred]

I'm interested in the answer to this question as well. Had a betta . . . just a little over a year old .... with a red zit on the nose . . . became "lazy", though swam well and then died in about 2-3 weeks.

 

[mcshell]

sorry about my stupidity... where is the nose of a betta?

 

[revfred]

on the front of the fish...lol ... actually not a "nose" per se. But the area above the lips and between the two "nostrils" ...

 

[mcshell]

I did some research, and looks like this may answer the question:
http://www.bettatalk.com/answer142.htm

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some where it mentions:

red spots if large and smooth (as in not raised or not hollow) may be red washes, especially if located at the base of fins or tail or even at the tip.

red spots that are bulgy (like a pimple) or hollow( like a sore) or bleedy are usually bad and indicate possible bacterial infection which will necessitate some heavy duty antibiotics (maracide, maroxy bettamax will NOT do anything).

 

[revfred]

Thanks McShell ... great article ...

 

[dwyatt]

Thank you, McShell. This is very helpful.