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TURNING WHITE: Thank you for all your comments on my lovely little betta turning white. He is still alive, but just a weird color now. I did some research and asking around, and discovered that bettas in the wild are not as pretty as those in captivity that are bred to be b-e-a-utiful! So I think Indy just is losing his color because of his genetics. No infection. No disease. Just genes!

I had never heard this before, and do not know if it is true. But this information comes a previous betta breeder.

Yes, he has a heater. Yes, he gets regular water changes. He is just weirdly colored now, but is still my little baby.

Hope every else is having luck! My four babies are still thriving… with a bit of fin rot. But all is well. They are piggies.

Have a good day.

KH

Hello fellow bloggers,

I have a mystery I need help solving! One of my bettas is turning white. It is slowly spreading from his dorsal fin all around his body. It isn’t a fungus or sickness. Nothing is growing on him. He is active, healthy and eats like a piggy. His tank stays at a reasonable temperature and he gets weekly water changes. Is this from old age? He has been living close to a year.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

K

Hi everybody Here is a pic of my fish Bo that i have been promising to post! Enjoy

Well, my babies seem to be doing well. I think Apollo is finally getting over his fungus fin rot. I am watching him carefully. Several kinds of meds are on stand by, just in case!

Here are some pretty pictures I found on the internet. Enjoy.

Such pretty coloring!

Hope everyone’s weekend is fantastic!

K

Whew! I have been a busy little blogger the past two days. But, I finally got my pictures off my phone and wanted to upload them while I have time… and before I forget! Sorry they are a bit blurry and not very high quality, but a camera phone is all I got! They are all pretty little veil tails. My next one will be a crowntail. But I can only keep so many tanks in my dorm and the boyfriends place… so that will not be in the near future I hope! I sure do hope that I do not get a vacant tank anytime soon. Two are from Walmart, one from petco and one from petsmart. I know these are not the most fantastic place to buy fishies, but I saved these little splendens and gave them nice homes. Enjoy!

Tusk: the baby and a hardcore arkansas razorback fish fan!

Apollo: with fin rot/fungus…but I think it is getting better now. He got it from being in one of those Walmart betta vase horrible creations. I saved him.

Nemo: with a wadded up dorsal fin

Indy: the oldest

Thanks for looking at my babies… who are now yawning and glaring at me. Time to turn out the lights!

Goodnight fellow betta lovers!

K

Question From Sue:

I have a male betta who suddenly has been showing some strange behaviour. Taz stays at the top of the bowl, snug to the edge, with no movement other than his mouth. Wont eat. Then every twenty mins he just goes beserk, racing around the bowl on the water top as if he is trying to get out. Litterally out of the water. I did find my cat drinking water from the bowl. Could this be stress, scared or what. His colouring is way off as well. Hope you can give me some advice. I have moved his bowl to a better place where kitties cant get near him.

Since I have had a betta get eaten by a cat I think that it is a big concern for fish. I have also had betta fish jump out of their tank before too, so that can happen also, they can jump very high sometimes. I think he is both scared and stressed, especially with the cat drinking from the water, good idea to move him away.

As for him losing color – it could be nothing.. but it could be what is called “Velvet” check out this page on bettatalk.com for more information on the diesease including treatment.

From bettatalk:

Velvet is hard to spot, but can be best spotted with a flashlight. Shine the light on the betta’s body: if it looks like it is covered with a fine gold or rust mist, then it has velvet. A betta with velvet will act sick, so look for clamped fins, scratching against rocks/gravel/tank, loss of appetite, loss of color etc…

A grizzle (GZ) betta has iridescent color over a flat color. All of the fins should display some grizzle patterns to be considered a grizzle betta. Almost nobody uses this term so don’t count on hearing it again. With that said it is still a IBC recognized classification for a patterned betta so I’m going to talk about what makes a good show Grizzle.

If you are breeding for show there are a couple of so-called faults worth mentioning. Red is a big one for grizzle patterned bettas. Excessive red can ruin you, or even get you moved to the multi-colored class. Any butterfly pattern is a major fault also, and will probably get you moved to the butterfly class.

Black coloration is a minor fault and might get you moved to the marble class. Fish with 80% or more pastel or opaque base color will be moved to either the Pastel or Opaque class.

If you are not breeding your betta for show and it displays any of the faults these do not apply to you, some of my favorite bettas would never win a competition.