Daemon Losing Colour And Black Spots Under The Skin

[minxfishy]

Technically this post should go in emergencies, but its more likely to get help here from other cichlid owners.

One of my remaining Satanoperca Daemons has today started to lose her colour, she has gone from brightly coloured to very pale, almost silvery/grey and has what looks like black blotches under the skin on her fins and flanks, almost like someone has taken a marker pen and coloured under her scales. Ive no idea what this is or what to do about it. She is still very active but isnt eating much, a few bloodworms, whereas the male is eating loads and constantly sifting thru the gravel, she isnt sifting at all.

Im very worried about her, any ideas folks?

 

[markandhisfish]

hmmm thats a strange one . blackspot maybe? does it look like this?
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mainly a marine problem , but it is found in freshwater fish sometimes

 

[minxfishy]

A little like that yes, but its under the skin, not on the skin, it was the 1st thing I looked up. The little one that died I know had whitespot, but these two have shown no signs of Ich.

 

[hamfist]

A photo would help, but it sounds pretty unusual. I'd try it on a more specialised, and heavy traffic, forum like MFK if I was you.