Looks like ich, all right. I've seen ich present on the fins first, and in a few cases, only on the fins. Treat with something reasonably mild, he's not badly infected and there's no need to nuke the tank quite yet. I like Kordon Herbal Ich Attack, it's safe for everything other than ich. Bit expensive to treat larger tanks with, though.
Actually, mild cases of ich can sometimes be dealt with by the fish's immune system. If they couldn't fight off ich, it probably would have wiped out many species of fish a long time ago. The issue comes when fish are too badly stressed to fight off an infection- that's when they get too badly infected for their immune system to cope.
And I wouldn't think deposits in the fins would just go away like that, either.
And I wouldn't think deposits in the fins would just go away like that, either.
I do, see it all the time in my Jags, Oscars and others on there lace fins per say. gone a few days later. I am just not going to jump on the ICK band wagon, once obvious?I agree treat, This was not obvious to me. again no offence or challenge meant, just IMHO.
that or they dropped off, to reproduce etc; I wouldn't say you are out of the woods just yet; the next couple of days will tell
Obviously it might not be ich and we agree that's certainly a reasonable possibility.
The problem with waiting to see what the white spots were is that if they were cysts that all fell off at the same time, you are looking at a much larger problem soon. IMO, I'd treat it like ich. It's cheap and easy, and the worse that happens is one is wrong. There's very little benefit to waiting. Better safe than sorry comes to mind.
The problem with waiting to see what the white spots were is that if they were cysts that all fell off at the same time, you are looking at a much larger problem soon. IMO, I'd treat it like ich. It's cheap and easy, and the worse that happens is one is wrong. There's very little benefit to waiting. Better safe than sorry comes to mind.
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