u/FrostedCables

Hello all. I’m new to the community and, long story short, I’ve been caring for a friend’s Bettas over the years when she goes away but this is 1st time she went away and left them in my care for months. This White spot behind his fin showed up and although I’m decently familiar with basic care, I’m not familiar with the many diseases that can afflict these little sweeties. I must admit, I’m learning a ton just delving into the posts on this community, thank you!

This white lesion grew fast but does not appear to have affected the fin. It doesn’t appear to be ICH, either, but I’m open to admitting I could be wrong on any of this. Now, it’s spread to his nose. Over last several days, I’ve put him in Nursery Tank and am treating with API BettaFix. This seems to be improving his demeanor. I tried the BettaRepair blue drops and he didn’t like them and seemed like he was declining.

What is this White Lesion? What can be done to help this little lovely guy? I really appreciate your help. And hopefully I’ve marked the video correctly as it’s the first time I’m adding a flare like this, too.

So I finally started working on This Butterfly Doily. I have had the pattern since last fall but have been on a mission to build my jewelry inventory so there’s been no time for my peaceful doily making. Well, the last few weeks, I forced myself to make some time for some mental health grounding doily making because doilies are so very great for me as mental health breaks!

So, it began going so well, Papillon Antique… starts with the lovely making of the 4 butterflies. Then proceed to build around it. Well, things change and and once I got to round 2, I lost my beautiful butterflies and had to set them free and cut cut cut! The lighter shade just made them disappear into the work and it made me sad.

I waited until morning, started again and picked a completed different color to allow my lovelies to stand out… so heres the progress. I will say, my only sadness is this doily is going to be much smaller than I anticipated. I guess thats still the “crochet doily” brain of me. Nonetheless, that means it will be done sooner than later and as i have a few others on my list, as well as more exciting jewelry to create. I am enjoying this design very much! I will hopefully be done with row 2 of the body today and then I will have to decide what color option to choose for the final row.