What are these black spots? Update more fish!!!

[FishNewbie82912]

My peacock cichlid had a couple black spots when I got him. I thought just part of his coloring. But now he has tons more and I’ve had him for a while. About 2 months. Any ideas?

 

[PorshaF]

Do they appear to be raised dots?
Any other symptoms?
Can you post your tank parameters, Size, occupancy, temp, water change schedule, any new addition(living and nonliving) and feeding. Could help someone diagnose your fish

 

[Sgooosh]

black spot disease?
we can build on here

 

[Ichthys]

It’s just pigment. A fault (usually genetic) with a few melanophores (cells that produce black pigment).

Black Spot disease has a complex life cycle involving a fish, a snail and a bird. As such, more spots can’t appear while the fish is in captivity.

 

[Sgooosh]

It’s just pigment. A fault (usually genetic) with a few melanophores (cells that produce black pigment).

Black Spot disease has a complex life cycle involving a fish, a snail and a bird. As such, more spots can’t appear while the fish is in captivity.

now that i look at it, it isnt blackspot

 

[FishNewbie82912]

Thank you! That’s good to hear.

 

[FishNewbie82912]

2 more fish have black spots! Strawberrry peacock and my rainbow fish. The rainbow fish is definitely a raised black spot.

 

[Colin_T]

pictures?

rainbowfish can develop black patches, which are caused by chemical burns.

 

[FishNewbie82912]

pictures?

rainbowfish can develop black patches, which are caused by chemical burns.

I did a big water change. Nitrates and ammonia were 0. But nitrates were 40 or 80!! The api test was bright red.

We’ve been overfeeding. I can tell by how much debris I sucked up today during the water change.

I added ParaGuard and stressguard to help heal if these are burns.

What do you think?

 

[FishNewbie82912]

Here’s the strawberry peacock with the black. She/he definitely did have these a week ago.