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Hi everyone,

My betta, Sophia, is about 2 or 3 years old. She has been living in a 46 gallon tank with one other female betta and some cories. I noticed about a month ago she was getting fat. I just assumed she was getting fat from her food. A few days ago, I noticed she has a lump on her side, right behind her fin. It didn't seem to be bothering her; she was swimming around, eating, playing with Iris (the other betta). However, last night when I fed them, I noticed she was laying on a plant near the top. She ate very little, and seemed to have some trouble swimming. (She looked more like a goldfish than a betta). I currently have her in a 5.5 heated, filtered tank (although there is no carbon in case I have to medicate). I added some aquarium salt, and betta fix. I have fish meds, but I don't know if this is treatable and if it is, what it is. I have called around to local vets, and we do have a fish vet, but he's out of town until Friday. I was planning to call my regular vet on Tuesday (since they'll probably be closed tomorrow- New Year's Day) but I'm not sure she'll last that long. Any thoughts/suggestions?

I'd use Marycn2 if I were you.

So you think its treatable? What do you think it is?

Right now, she is gasping for air. I put in a dose of maracyn2, since it sort of sounds like gill disease. I don't know if the tumor is related or if she has two seperate problems. I have taken some pictures, although they are not very good. I thought they may help anyway.

In this one, you can see that her gill looks very red: [url=BellaOnline ALERT: For anti-spam reasons, we restrict the number of URLs allowed in a given post. You have exceeded our maximum number of URLs.

Well I think it's worth a try. It sounds like maybe internal bacterial infection. If after using Marycn2 for the prescribed period doesn't help, switch to Parasite Clear. I'm assuming all of your water parameters are good.

yes the params are perfect. thanks!!! i have given her one dose of maracyn, so hopefully it will help. THANKS!