Black spot disease

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If anyone has experiance with this please share....
I just aquired a beatifull little pumkinseed, currently his in the 5 gal qt tank.
Problem is he has several "black spot" cysts on him. The lake he came from often has fish that appearred peppered by black spots.
I have looked on the web and found lots of references on this being a worm like parisite that encrusts itself on the fish.
Problem is there is no remedy listed.

Figuring it was like Ick, I have been treating with various ick treatments with no success. I will not integrate him in the main tank until this is cleared.

Anyone have ideas???
Thanks
 
none at all. but if it is a parasite, and since you're open to experimentation, why not raise the temp and ad a fair amonut of salt? See what gives...should kill the parasite.
 
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