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No, none of the other fish seem to have anything wrong with them. Everyone is doing fine including this oto, with the exception of the white spot. Is it something I should worry about? It doesnt seem contagious.. Should I quarantine?

I fished out the oto today and put him onto a clean paper towel soaked in tank water. As I attemped to brush the "fungus" off, the cotton on the q-tip seemed to get snagged on it, like it was rubbing on a hard surface, so I touched the white spot and it is not soft like I expected fungus to be...

I've used Kordon's Ich Attack with success just last month. Changing the water will not interrupt the treatment. It's all natural so the active ingredients break down in the water after a certain period of time, which is why you have to keep up the dosage with this product. The ich in my tank...

I've had very good results with Kordon's Ich Attack. It is an all natural remedy in a green bottle. I was skeptical at first, but I had a zebra oto that I really did not want to lose, so I didn't use another stronger medication. The ich was gone in a week with the proper treatment. I used the...

Update. Ich has been ruled out. I turned the temp up slowly in case it was ich to see how if it would progress, but the spot is still in the same spot and is still the same size. It's probably fungus and I'll try to brush it off soon. Will continue the PimaFix treatment. Btw, thanks for all...

I've never dealt with fungus before; any suggestions? I have PimaFix in there, but I know it's more of a holistic approach and is better for preventative purposes. I've never had much luck with MelaFix either.

I use the same filter cartridges in my cold-water tank. They do have carbon in them. What I did when I was treating for Ich was cut around the mesh lining and just shook all the carbon out. After the treatment, I just placed a media bag with carbon in to remove the meds. Good Luck!

Thanks for the link, it looks like what my oto has so I'm hoping for the best.

I have 4 Otos in my 25G currently. The other two I bought at a chain pet store over 8 months ago and they are doing fine. I supplement with zucchini and spinach about 1-2 times per week, which my other fish seem to enjoy also. But like in my reply earlier, it really does not look like ich in...

I'm definitely not going to rule ich out, but I just dealt with a case of ich a few weeks ago, spots, even the largest, were not that large. The picture doesn't show the spot too clearly, but it looks almost like fungus since it is so large.

I just got 2 new otos in my freshwater community tank. They've been doing fine for a couple weeks, but one of them suddenly got a white spot at the base of its fin. It is larger and definitely doesn't look like ich. Can anybody identify the spot and what it is? (Picture below) Tank size: 25G...