Princess1982
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi All
My chocolate pom pom seems to have a whitish coloured pimple with a little white fluff coming out of it on the top of her gills. Unfortunately, my pearlscale noticed at the same time I did and ate the fluff off of her! Now all is remaining is this whitish coloured pimple. I just took her out of the tank to take a photo but you can't see it out of the water. The area just looks slightly raised. I had a quick look at her gills and they seemed normal and other than a few scales missing (on the other side to the pimple) she seems in perfect health and is still eating etc. Does anyone know what this could be and how I should treat it?
There are no signs of deteriorating fins or any red streaks so I don't think it is fin rot. Could it be fungus? None of my other fish seem to have it but they are seem really interested in the fluff/pimple.
Tank Info:
450 litre jewel vision
1 x common goldfish
1 x black moor
1 x panda moor
1 x white ranchu
1 x bronze lionhead
1 x blue pearlscale
1x chocolate pom pom
1 x red cap oranda
1 x leopard sailfin pleco
All 2 -3 inches except the common who is 5 inches (she is being rehomed in a pond in a couple of months)
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 20ppm (same as it come out of the tap)
I have literally just closed down a quaratine tank 2 days ago for the new additions to my tank so don't have one set up to seperate her. Can I treat the whole tank or is the best treatment likely to be unsuitable for the pleco?
Thanks in advance for your help,
My chocolate pom pom seems to have a whitish coloured pimple with a little white fluff coming out of it on the top of her gills. Unfortunately, my pearlscale noticed at the same time I did and ate the fluff off of her! Now all is remaining is this whitish coloured pimple. I just took her out of the tank to take a photo but you can't see it out of the water. The area just looks slightly raised. I had a quick look at her gills and they seemed normal and other than a few scales missing (on the other side to the pimple) she seems in perfect health and is still eating etc. Does anyone know what this could be and how I should treat it?
There are no signs of deteriorating fins or any red streaks so I don't think it is fin rot. Could it be fungus? None of my other fish seem to have it but they are seem really interested in the fluff/pimple.
Tank Info:
450 litre jewel vision
1 x common goldfish
1 x black moor
1 x panda moor
1 x white ranchu
1 x bronze lionhead
1 x blue pearlscale
1x chocolate pom pom
1 x red cap oranda
1 x leopard sailfin pleco
All 2 -3 inches except the common who is 5 inches (she is being rehomed in a pond in a couple of months)
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 20ppm (same as it come out of the tap)
I have literally just closed down a quaratine tank 2 days ago for the new additions to my tank so don't have one set up to seperate her. Can I treat the whole tank or is the best treatment likely to be unsuitable for the pleco?
Thanks in advance for your help,