Hi People,
I currently hold 3 DP's (2 Male 1 Female) in a 40L tank. (With c.a. 10 Amano Shrimp)
They have lived there peacefully for almost 3 years now. A few months ago tensions have gotten higher, but everything is quite calm the last couple of weeks.
I'm currently cycling a 200L tank for them to move into, but I would like to get in to that story in a short while on the Meet&Greet section.
So, back on topic. I was just feeding my DP's when I noticed this Whitish Flake on the side of one of the males.
Does anybody recognize this? It looks like it might just come off, but I don't want to handle te fish to test that.
He's been eating fine (He's never been easy to feed, and is always pretty slim).
The tank has been moved a year ago, so it's running for a year. 3 weeks ago I've cleaned the filter, and you could see that it's wasn't cycling back a fast as I'd like to see. It seems to be running fine now.
So, does anybody recognize this spot? Should I be worried? He's acting, and eating like nothing's wrong. Is it a disease, or a wound?
(I'd hate to see him croak so shortly before moving to a huge tank.)
White Spot/Flake on DP
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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
White Spot/Flake on DP
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Try adding Melafix & see if that helps.
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Re: White Spot/Flake on DP
It looks alot like a bite mark the Melafix should do the trick if it is.
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Re: White Spot/Flake on DP
Yep, that's a bite mark, classic ring around a center, keep your water clean, maybe add some melafix and it should heal right up.
Once you get them moved, consider adding some more females to the mix.. generally you want twice as many females as males to cut down on the males fighting.
Once you get them moved, consider adding some more females to the mix.. generally you want twice as many females as males to cut down on the males fighting.
Re: White Spot/Flake on DP
Thanks, that's a relief actually.
Last night it was almost gone already, you can still see it. But it's as if only under certain lighting?
He's been bathing in esha2000 for about an hour last night.
Today it's difficult to see. Se I'll let him roam free today.
When i got them they where incredibly tiny, so one of them got mistaken for a female. It wasn't my plan to have more male than females.
Last night it was almost gone already, you can still see it. But it's as if only under certain lighting?
He's been bathing in esha2000 for about an hour last night.
Today it's difficult to see. Se I'll let him roam free today.
When i got them they where incredibly tiny, so one of them got mistaken for a female. It wasn't my plan to have more male than females.