my widebar's got a spot!!

[marvinbaker]

woke up this morning and my widebar has this on the side of his head, really looks like a pimple without the white head. he seems fine and is eating like normal but understandably i'm really worried. can anyone give me any advice? have added some melafix so far.

 

[Jesse]

Yikes! That's the dreaded "dat disease" that you may have heard about. Heat (82-84 degrees F) and salt may help it. I've also heard that acriflavine can help. Check w/ Ivan (alfon76) about it. He lost a lot of dats to it and posted a thread at AP about his experiences. Best of luck. You've caught it early, which should help greatly.

 

[DiXoN]

my ST has had this twice now but as Jesse said you caught it early like i have both times and i treated with heat and salt and the pimple went down so hopefuly yours will too.
the second time it only lasted around 2-3 days but the first time i ended up with an open wound quite deep and had to treat with a salt dip then a Q tank at 86degs and a salted tank.
it still has a slight scar but it healed up fine.

 

[brianjh]

herpes???