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Thanks so much for the information! Here is a clearer (I hope) picture of what I'm seeing on my guppy: This is only appearing on the guppy. The tetra seems fine.

Okay, thanks. While this white patch on the guppy doesn't look like salt granules (it's more solid, like a patch), I don't remember seeing it when I first purchased my guppy -- the fact that it caught my eye in the first place makes me suspicious that it's something, as opposed to a colour...

Hi all, I joined this community to seek advice about caring for my (currently, 2) new fish. I've had fish before as a kid -- goldfish, Bettas -- but I recently acquired a 5 gallon tank and I wanted to try something different (also, I can't have pets bigger than my hand ... so :fish2: it is!)...

I don't see white spots--just that white strip on the guppy's back.The guppy doesn't seem to be rubbing up against anything. It darts here and there among the plants, sometimes floats right on the bottom on top of the gravel (but I'll see it swimming up & around later), but nothing that looks...

Hi, I recently started my 5 gallon aquarium (having cycled it for 2+ weeks) and added 2 fish: a mosaic guppy & a red eye tetra. They were pretty stressed with the move from store to aquarium, I think, & I'm wondering if my guppy has ich. I've read a bit about it & tried to look at pictures, but...