When I got him he had 3 bite marks on him from where another puffer had attacked him. The reason I mention this is because he now has some white marks on his body that look similar to what those bite marks look like. I hate to say they look like "white spots" because I'm afraid you will get the wrong idea and think I mean he's got whitespot/ich. They aren't those kind of small speckled spots that you get with that. These aren't as numerous either. There's a spot here and a spot there, and they are bigger than what you'd have with whitespot/ich. It really looks a lot like the bites, just the pigment gone and you can see the white "meat" underneath.
Now my first inclination was to run to the Melafix or Pimafix (I forget which one does what, but I have them both), but I thought before I do any dosing of medications, I should maybe ask on here first.
Just to let you know, in reference to the questions in red, this is an established tank that's never had any issues with water parameters. It's always spot on in regards to nitrites, ammonia, etc. There's just the Baileyi in this tank. I add Prime when I do water changes, but that's about it for additives. I haven't made any changes, other than to put up a divider in the tank so I can have my Congos in the other part, but I don't think that would have anything to do with his spots, they appear to be in fine condition.
Well, I hope that someone can tell me what to do to help my guy. He might be very sedate and inactive, but I love him anyway. He's got the sort of personality that slowly grows on you.
Thanks in advance.
