Recent content by Coys55

Only one spot left now; the other two have disappeared, so whatever it was it was nothing permanent.

I agree with your diagnosis; still no more sports on her or any other fish.   She's feeding well on frozen cyclops, blood worm and brine shrimp plus some flake, although she seems to spit that out most of the time for some reason. The other three smaller Rams are also doing well.

No more spots overnight; same three still there. Usual 25% RO water change this morning

  I'm going by your original post in that you first saw the 'spots' 3 days ago. In that time I would have expected to see more than one fish affected and that this fish would have developed more spots in that time.   All this information taken into account I do not think that this is whitespot...

I suppose that only one fish may be infected at the start of an outbreak though, especially if it was a newly introduced and possibly stressed fish. In that case are a few spots possible, or would you expect that fish to be covered in spots immediately?

Thanks for the fast response; the females do chase each other around so that's quite possible.   I'll do a water test now and keep and eye on it. If it is Ick I'd expect multiple fish to be covered in spots within the next few days (I believe it's a four-day cycle), but if no more spots appear...

I bought four Blue Rams last weekend. One female (the largest of the four) has developed 3 small white spots on its tail, which I first saw about three days ago. It is feeding well and not scratching on rocks or anything. There are no signs of spots on any of the other fish in the aquarium. Is...

I'm looking to add a Co2 system to my 240l aquarium, but have a couple of questions for the experts before deciding on the exact system:   - My filter is an Eheim Pro 3 350. If I use an inline diffuser does the spray bar need to be below the surface at all times? To put it another way, will Co2...

Thanks to you both for your advice. I've got some assassins too so I'll get a suitable treatment tomorrow.

Yes I thought that too. The only thing that makes me think that it may not be a fluke is that this fish has appeared thin for some time and that if it was a fluke I would have expected many more fish to have been infected by now, or at least more than one on that particular fish.

I thought that may be the case...

Yesterday I noticed that one of my 15 cardinals looked skinny comnpared to the others. When I fed them I noticed that it had a small white thing sticking out of the bottom of the gill (I think), but later on it had vanished.   Hopefully you can see it on the slightly blurry photo.   Could it be...

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try, but I reckon they will end up in one corner; that Eheim creates a VERY strong current on the surface.   I forgot to mention the Siamese algae eaters; they are crazy, never stop eating and keep all the plants clean of hair algae. I've also got a...