I noticed yesterday what appears to be a white spot or bump above the right eye of one of my male White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I frequent other forums, so I posted there yesterday. Today, I thought it'd be wise to see if I can get other views from other forums, just to be as thorough as possible.
- 50 litre tank, Fluval 2Plus Internal Filter. I have had the tank since August 2009. Replaced impeller first time in December/January. Haven't replaced return flow at all, have only shoved kitchen towel into it to clean out gunk (without removing the return flow component from the housing itself).
- 5 x White Cloud Mountain Minnow (so technically coldwater), 3 female and 2 male
- Feed Fluval Tropical Flakes every other day. De-shelled, de-thawed pea every week to every other week (cut up into tiny pieces and mushed up to an extent, although the mushed-up bit can be quite powdery and I don't like how it disperses in the water and can't all be eaten by the Minnows). I could probably stand to cut down on the flakes when I do feed them.
- Temperature range 21C-23/24C (heater isn't even plugged in)
- Tank lighting is Sun-Glo 46cm 15w T8, on for 7 hours a day from 2pm to 9pm
- Live planted tank, with assortment of Amazon Sword plants, Ellodea, Java Fern and Vallisneria.
- 0ppm ammonia (or slightly above, Nutrafin ammonia liquid test insists on a faint reading, API ammonia liquid test appears to refute it to a degree)
- 0ppm nitrite
- 7.2-7.5ph (difficult to tell from colour chart on Nutrafin pH liquid test)
- 30-50ppm nitrate (it has always been 30ppm+, and this male Minnow has been in the tank for over 2 1/2 years in these high nitrates - used to be over-stocked with completely unsuitable fish that have been rehomed)
- ~255ppm Total Dissolved Solids
- 15-20 litre water changes conducted once a week, most recent one conducted yesterday (~17 litres, ~34%)
I'll keep an eye on things, but I sure hope this isn't white spot and just an injury he has had fighting with the other male Minnow. I don't think it looks fuzzy, and hopefully that isn't to come... I've been advised that this isn't Ich.
3 to 4 seconds into the video seems to give a nice, clear shot.
It was still there throughout today. I don't think it looks fuzzy, and hopefully that isn't to come... I haven't yet observed his poo. The Minnows don't seem to poo all that much these days... The one female Minnow did seem to have white, rather chunky poo the other day (think it was yesterday, Sunday 3rd May), might have been slimy and might not have been. It broke off in a small chunk. No long trail of poo, though.
It might be visible in the video, but it's very faint...both that male Minnow and another female Minnow at least (they are the two surviving Minnows from an earlier shoal) have a whitish/greyish dot in the centre of both of their eyes, not quite sure what it might be.
Also, it could just be the pupil I'm seeing, or maybe not. I don't notice it on the other Minnows, at least I haven't yet, but looked at from different angles, the eyes go from black to a gold/red colour. Probably just the light reflecting off the eye, as the Minnows don't seem to have trouble finding their way around the tank at all (so not blindness, although the male Minnow in the video I posted - the one with the spot above his right eye - did awkwardly brush past some Vallisneria yesterday evening).
- 50 litre tank, Fluval 2Plus Internal Filter. I have had the tank since August 2009. Replaced impeller first time in December/January. Haven't replaced return flow at all, have only shoved kitchen towel into it to clean out gunk (without removing the return flow component from the housing itself).
- 5 x White Cloud Mountain Minnow (so technically coldwater), 3 female and 2 male
- Feed Fluval Tropical Flakes every other day. De-shelled, de-thawed pea every week to every other week (cut up into tiny pieces and mushed up to an extent, although the mushed-up bit can be quite powdery and I don't like how it disperses in the water and can't all be eaten by the Minnows). I could probably stand to cut down on the flakes when I do feed them.
- Temperature range 21C-23/24C (heater isn't even plugged in)
- Tank lighting is Sun-Glo 46cm 15w T8, on for 7 hours a day from 2pm to 9pm
- Live planted tank, with assortment of Amazon Sword plants, Ellodea, Java Fern and Vallisneria.
- 0ppm ammonia (or slightly above, Nutrafin ammonia liquid test insists on a faint reading, API ammonia liquid test appears to refute it to a degree)
- 0ppm nitrite
- 7.2-7.5ph (difficult to tell from colour chart on Nutrafin pH liquid test)
- 30-50ppm nitrate (it has always been 30ppm+, and this male Minnow has been in the tank for over 2 1/2 years in these high nitrates - used to be over-stocked with completely unsuitable fish that have been rehomed)
- ~255ppm Total Dissolved Solids
- 15-20 litre water changes conducted once a week, most recent one conducted yesterday (~17 litres, ~34%)
I'll keep an eye on things, but I sure hope this isn't white spot and just an injury he has had fighting with the other male Minnow. I don't think it looks fuzzy, and hopefully that isn't to come... I've been advised that this isn't Ich.
3 to 4 seconds into the video seems to give a nice, clear shot.
It was still there throughout today. I don't think it looks fuzzy, and hopefully that isn't to come... I haven't yet observed his poo. The Minnows don't seem to poo all that much these days... The one female Minnow did seem to have white, rather chunky poo the other day (think it was yesterday, Sunday 3rd May), might have been slimy and might not have been. It broke off in a small chunk. No long trail of poo, though.
It might be visible in the video, but it's very faint...both that male Minnow and another female Minnow at least (they are the two surviving Minnows from an earlier shoal) have a whitish/greyish dot in the centre of both of their eyes, not quite sure what it might be.
Also, it could just be the pupil I'm seeing, or maybe not. I don't notice it on the other Minnows, at least I haven't yet, but looked at from different angles, the eyes go from black to a gold/red colour. Probably just the light reflecting off the eye, as the Minnows don't seem to have trouble finding their way around the tank at all (so not blindness, although the male Minnow in the video I posted - the one with the spot above his right eye - did awkwardly brush past some Vallisneria yesterday evening).