weird dot on betta, what the heck is it?

[plah831]

it sounds like it is just a lost scale, since you've obviously done a lot of research to try to diagnose any disease or parasite. those can take a long time to regenerate, in my case a female white cloud minnow scratched some of her scales off during an ich outbreak and they never grew back! that same fish also had a missing caudal fin which likewise never grew back. poor girl, she lived for 2 and 1/2 years with that broken body before finally succumbing to exhaustion, i think. maybe she had some kind of deficiency, hmm. but i digress...

 

[cheeseluva]

You could be right I barely remember that Beta anyways.

 

[Rowangel]

don't tumors protrude?

Ya, most tumors protrude, so I doubt that is what it is. I agree, sounds like a lost scale. As long as he is active and eating I wouldn’t worry.
Just a note on tumors, not all tumors will cause death. My betta had a tumor for over 6 months before I had to euthanize him because of the location of the tumor (he just couldn’t swim correctly anymore), not the tumor itself. However, he was just over 3 years old so it may have been failing health that made it hard for him to swim. Some fish can live years with tumors before they become a problem.

 

[jm1212]

yea it d sounds like a lost scale or it may be a small patch of scales that are colored differently

 

[fishcatch22]

yeah, I think it's just a lost scale, i'm not gonna really worry too much about it anymore, just monitor it and see if anything bad happens.

 

[travis]

ok, maybe its not fungus, but just FYI, fungus does not necessarily protude from the skin/scales. on fish with with small scales or none at all it can look just like a white patch of skin, no bumps.