mellowserra
Fish Fanatic
This is not exactly an emergency, but a curious phenomena that still makes me very nervous when it occurs. The "red spot" and "white bumps" seem to be unrelated.
This is on my comet, I've had him for 2 years in a tank. 3 or 4 times now he has gotten a red spot on his forehead, almost exactly between his eyes but a little farther back. The spot is quite a contrast to his white-silver-pinkish body. There is no hole, no growth, no red or pink streaks/spots anywhere else on his body. After a few weeks, the spot fades quickly and disappears.
The white bumps are about as big as a dull pencil point, they seem a little cystlike and all are growing in the same very lowest ray of his tailfin. These are not on the surface but inside-like. It started with one, there are now four (it's been a few months) and they are spaced pretty evenly out. At first I worried it was ich (I've thankfully never experienced) so I added some salt, but to no effect.
Otherwise, the fish is very healthy, energetic, and has an insatiable appetite. My tank parameters are: pH 7.1, NO2 0.0, NH3/NH4 0.0, and NO3 maybe up to 5ppm before water changes.
Before it is recommended, I have perused this
http
/www.fishpalace.org/danscomments.html#Lump
and MANY other similar articles. Has anyone else experienced this with their fish, it sure does worry me that more of these "cysts" will come. Thanks.
This is on my comet, I've had him for 2 years in a tank. 3 or 4 times now he has gotten a red spot on his forehead, almost exactly between his eyes but a little farther back. The spot is quite a contrast to his white-silver-pinkish body. There is no hole, no growth, no red or pink streaks/spots anywhere else on his body. After a few weeks, the spot fades quickly and disappears.
The white bumps are about as big as a dull pencil point, they seem a little cystlike and all are growing in the same very lowest ray of his tailfin. These are not on the surface but inside-like. It started with one, there are now four (it's been a few months) and they are spaced pretty evenly out. At first I worried it was ich (I've thankfully never experienced) so I added some salt, but to no effect.
Otherwise, the fish is very healthy, energetic, and has an insatiable appetite. My tank parameters are: pH 7.1, NO2 0.0, NH3/NH4 0.0, and NO3 maybe up to 5ppm before water changes.
Before it is recommended, I have perused this
http
/www.fishpalace.org/danscomments.html#Lumpand MANY other similar articles. Has anyone else experienced this with their fish, it sure does worry me that more of these "cysts" will come. Thanks.
