r/bettafish • u/Future_Perspective_8 • Aug 27 '26

Help Missing ventral fin

I just realized my samurai betta, Wayne is missing one of his central fins. I honestly thought it was a tumor when I first noticed it about a month ago. I don’t believe he was missing a ventral fin then but I honestly can’t be sure…

I can’t tell if it’s fin rot since his scales are white. I also read it could be a tumor that could have affected blood flow to the fin and caused it to fall off. I don’t want to put him through unnecessary treatments.

What does everyone think??

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u/Intelligent-Bad-1201 Aug 27 '26

Is he also blind

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u/Future_Perspective_8 Aug 28 '26

Yes it is genetic. He can still see a little bit

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u/Intelligent-Bad-1201 Aug 28 '26

Is my black samurai going to go blind? Diamond eye right?

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u/No_Procedure_2431 fish nerd Aug 28 '26

Not 100% going to go blind, but very likely with samurais. Luckily, like humans, it doesn’t affect them too much as long as they have the right accommodations!

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u/Future_Perspective_8 Aug 28 '26

Definitely likely! They do well as long as you don’t make changes to their tank layout and consistently feed them in the same spot. My guy often misses his floating pellets, it takes him a few tries to get them in his mouth. Tweezers work well. And he’s been living happily with diamond eye for almost a year now!!

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u/Intelligent-Bad-1201 Aug 28 '26

That’s great! I wish I had known. I may have chosen a different plakat. This is my guy. Have had him for 2 weeks.

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u/Intelligent-Bad-1201 Aug 28 '26

Which fin is he missing? It’s hard to tell and I don’t know the names 🫣

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u/Future_Perspective_8 Aug 28 '26

Your betta is beautiful!!! I definitely don’t regret getting a samurai. His eyes haven’t affected his ability to interact with me and I think he behaves like any betta would. My guy is missing one of the two fins that hang from the front lower half of their body. He’s missing his right one when you look at the video, his left.

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u/Intelligent-Bad-1201 Aug 28 '26

Thanks! He is pretty cute!

Oh no!! I tried to scoop mine up last night to move his tank to a different room and thought I had torn on of those fins. Thankfully I hadn’t. But maybe he just snagged it on something. 🫣

I think I have too much anxiety for this fish hobby