nerdelish
Aquarium Advice Freak
Today while feeding my fish I noticed that one of my cardinal tetras had a small white spot on its head. After about a half an hour of trying, I finally caught the fish and placed it in a small 1/2 gallon container I use to drip acclimate fish. It will have to stay in there because my qt is currently full of a school of harlequins to add to my tank. I added two plastic plants, an air stone and some stress guard to the container. I will do daily water changes.
This tetra was in a 29 gallon planted tank with 8 other cardinals, 5 harlequin rasboras, 3 guppies, 6 hatchet fish and about 20 blue velvet shrimp. I do weekly 50% water changes, I am always sure to temp match the water. The tank has been cycled since June and is pretty heavily planted. The cardinal is a new addition to the tank. It was added about two weeks ago after being in my QT for 3 weeks.
The spot is small and somewhat fuzzy looking. It is only one spot so far and it is pretty small. The fish is a little duller in color than the others but otherwise has not "acted" sick at all. As mentioned above, it was a devil to catch. I will try to attach a pic. I just have my cell phone to take pictures and the spot is really small.
Preliminary Google searches lead me in all directions, according to what I read I got that it could be columaris, ich, tetra disease, a slime coat issue or nothing at all. I don't know enough about fish keeping or diseases to figure it out alone.
Any ideas anyone?
Tested water:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites:0 ppm
Nitrates: 15 ppm
This tetra was in a 29 gallon planted tank with 8 other cardinals, 5 harlequin rasboras, 3 guppies, 6 hatchet fish and about 20 blue velvet shrimp. I do weekly 50% water changes, I am always sure to temp match the water. The tank has been cycled since June and is pretty heavily planted. The cardinal is a new addition to the tank. It was added about two weeks ago after being in my QT for 3 weeks.
The spot is small and somewhat fuzzy looking. It is only one spot so far and it is pretty small. The fish is a little duller in color than the others but otherwise has not "acted" sick at all. As mentioned above, it was a devil to catch. I will try to attach a pic. I just have my cell phone to take pictures and the spot is really small.
Preliminary Google searches lead me in all directions, according to what I read I got that it could be columaris, ich, tetra disease, a slime coat issue or nothing at all. I don't know enough about fish keeping or diseases to figure it out alone.
Any ideas anyone?
Tested water:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrites:0 ppm
Nitrates: 15 ppm