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If I could tell you, just from reading your email, what this
tumor is, they would hire me at the Mayo clinic!!! (and pay me
big bucks!! LOL). But sorry, no such luck (darn!). What I can
tell you however is that bettas, on occasion, do brew weird
growths on their bodies. Usually they are tumors, many of
which are not malignant and will not kill the fish. Do they
hurt? I do not know but I do not believe so. At least no betta
has ever complained to me about it before ;). Since the bettas
affected appear to maintain a normal life (swim around, eat,
etc..) I assume they are not in pain. usually a fish that is
sick or in pain will not move around much at all. The way I
would go about your fish's tumor is probably add a bit of
antibiotics for 2 weeks to see if it makes any difference. I
would probably go for Spectrogram, just because it is both
gram positive and negative, so can cover a gamut of bacteria
and it also hits fungus as well. If after 2 to 3 treatments
(so about 3 weeks in antibiotics) the tumor has not changed at
all (zero, nada), then leave it alone. Either way there is not
a whole lot you can do about it. Do NOT attempt to remove it!
That would be your betta's demise. You would kill your finned
friend trying to fix something that might not even
really be broken. Hugh. Wise Mermaid Who Swims With Bettas has
spoken.
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