Ich? Not sure where it would have come from.

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Hey again guys. Why it never seems to end is beyond me. Finally have a grip on my water issues but now have a Gourami with a single whit spot on him. It seems raised so Iā€™m thinking Ich. Also one Angel has a small bit raised whit spot. They are the only 2 fish with a single spot. No fish have been added. Added 2 plants a couple months back but thatā€™s the only changes to the tank so not sure where ich would have come from at this point. Been watching it and both fish are acting normally. Any ideas?
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This is not white spot.

The round thing above the angelfish's eye is a scale that has lifted.

The gourami appears to have a wound/ sore on its back just below the dorsal fin.

The angel doesn't need anything.

The gourami might need medication but try cleaning the tank and adding salt. if there's no improvement after a few days with salt you might need something stronger.

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Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.

Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.

Add some salt.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), swimming pool salt, or any non iodised salt (sodium chloride) to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres (5 gallons) of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for 1 to 2 weeks.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.
 
Awesome. Thank you. I just did a clean and water change. Cleaned the glass and did a good gravel vacuum. Iā€™ll watch and add salt based in your response if no improvement.

Thanks again. I truly appreciate everyone on this forum.
 
One of my angels has a spot like that, caused when she jumped into the tank when being transferred hitting the top of her head on the edge of the aquarium. It hasn't gotten any larger, or smaller in the last couple of years and I no longer worry about it.
 

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