What is this on my oscars?

[busymom23]

Looks like sand almost....but what is that in my oscars?


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[Brookster123]

Ich, temp to 86

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[busymom23]

Can ich move? It appears to move...


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[Brookster123]

Hmmm, fleas? ?

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[busymom23]

I honestly don't know, I do about 30% water change weekly, tank is 1 year old....nothing's been introduced and no feeder fish, ever. Whatever that is on them doesn't seem to bother them at all...they're not scratching. But I do wonder what it is..


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[mikem691]

Could be some type of parasite or worm. Im not good with this but whats up with the missing portion of the second pictures dorsal fin?

 

[busymom23]

It's not missing, that's where his spiky fins start...lol...I was trying to get closer so you could see the spots.


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[busymom23]

That's a full body pic


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[mikem691]

Ok that's good. The pic cut it off just right then. Hang in there someone will know what it is and what to do.

 

[mikem691]

Did it go away or is it still there?

 

[Rivers2k]

It is Ich. Its not moving what your seeing the the individual parasites have a 24 hour life cycle where they fall off and produce more. So you are seeing parasites disappear and new one appear in different places. One speck there can turn into hundreds. Raise the temp to 90 and add aquarium salt 1tblspn per 5 gallons.

 

[busymom23]

I examined them closely today and see no spots...but I did their pwc yesterday as normal, every Sunday I clean their tank...here is a pic of them right now






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[mikem691]

wow huge difference! looks good.

 

[Brookster123]

success!!!!

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[busymom23]

I didn't do anything extra, so what could those spots have been? I didn't raise temp, I didn't add salt, I only continued routine water change...30% every Sunday.


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[Brookster123]

May want to up the wc's to 50%. It may have been wc quality related?? Those fish have pretty large bioloads. Do you test nitrates?

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[busymom23]

Yea, and nitrates were on high side of 40, I did extra water change last week, Thursday, then their normal one on Sunday as well to bring them down, Sunday after water change, nitrates were about 20, which I know is still high, but wanted to try and get them down slow, doing another water change thursday and Sunday this week as well.

Spots back again today, just not as many...I wish I knew what the spots are!


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[Brookster123]

High nitrates can stress fish, stressed fish are more susceptible to disease and issues such as ich. I'd try and keep the nitrates way down. 2 big wc's weekly for now and see how she does. Adding salt may not be a bad Idea.

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[busymom23]

Ok thanks!


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[Freakgecko91]

Wait, are these spots only showing up right after water changes?