StrangelyNormal
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hello. I have a featherfin synodontis who is puzzling me a bit. He started out with a teeny area of fungus, and after a round of meds, you practically cannot see it. I imagine if it was necessary to treat him again for a fungal/bacterial infection, it would be cleared up very easily, since you really cannot see it that well without torturing him with a light.
While that is becoming all well and good, I noticed something odd. I'm not jumping to conclusions, and for the record, his poop is dark (trust me on this... I have plenty of specimens, he is a dirty fish) so there is no risk of internal parasites. Still I'm watching to make sure the even smaller patch of white disappears - it's so small you really need to peer into him - with a flashlight - to see it, which means it is healing.
But I noticed this. And this has been around for a few weeks, but my brain is going.
It is one, isolated, white dot. It is not fuzzy. He has had it, and he hasn't shown any impairment. He is not itching, or acting strange. He is just acting how he always is - and trust me, his appetite is perfectly healthy. I've been giving him mysis shrimp to help combat anything he may have.
Now: here it is.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/wolflover91/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0560_zpsd1dfdfd8.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/wolflover91/IMAG0561_zps044707eb.jpg
Am I being paranoid? I know sometimes fish just have dings and spots and blotches and they don't mean anything (I had a rainbowfish with a random brown pimple... nothing happened. It just left. On it's own, no treatment needed). and it's just, you know, a part of the fish. But is this a part of the fish (it appeared recently) or is it something like a parasite? It is one spot. Only one spot. I was googling and it may just be a synodontis thing... a lot of other have this spot or just a white spot that isn't anything ominous. You can see the rest of his side is practically spotless.
He is currently in QT for the white that is slowly leaving, but before I put him back I want to make 10000 percent sure this is nothing.
While that is becoming all well and good, I noticed something odd. I'm not jumping to conclusions, and for the record, his poop is dark (trust me on this... I have plenty of specimens, he is a dirty fish) so there is no risk of internal parasites. Still I'm watching to make sure the even smaller patch of white disappears - it's so small you really need to peer into him - with a flashlight - to see it, which means it is healing.
But I noticed this. And this has been around for a few weeks, but my brain is going.
It is one, isolated, white dot. It is not fuzzy. He has had it, and he hasn't shown any impairment. He is not itching, or acting strange. He is just acting how he always is - and trust me, his appetite is perfectly healthy. I've been giving him mysis shrimp to help combat anything he may have.
Now: here it is.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/wolflover91/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0560_zpsd1dfdfd8.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/wolflover91/IMAG0561_zps044707eb.jpg
Am I being paranoid? I know sometimes fish just have dings and spots and blotches and they don't mean anything (I had a rainbowfish with a random brown pimple... nothing happened. It just left. On it's own, no treatment needed). and it's just, you know, a part of the fish. But is this a part of the fish (it appeared recently) or is it something like a parasite? It is one spot. Only one spot. I was googling and it may just be a synodontis thing... a lot of other have this spot or just a white spot that isn't anything ominous. You can see the rest of his side is practically spotless.
He is currently in QT for the white that is slowly leaving, but before I put him back I want to make 10000 percent sure this is nothing.
