tropheus with black spots/blotches?

[addicted2cichlids]

so i got 3 tropheus with black spots/blotches. looked all over the forum for pics of past post on the "black spots" but couldnt find any so ill post some pics of mine and tell me what you think! i know its not normal and this is the first time ive seen anything like this. is it a parasite? ive done the whole sea salt and temp. up but no luck. it started off very small and now its somewhat spread from one side of the tropheus to the other and on their fins? can yall help me out

 

[addicted2cichlids]

heres the pics......

 

[addicted2cichlids]

thats 2 out of the 3. the third one was being a pain but you get the idea of whats goin on

 

[mike dunagan]

bruises look like that...

it has spread to the fins as well? Thats strange.

 

[fsc46]

Ask her, she knows alot Pam

 

[addicted2cichlids]

bruises look like that...

it has spread to the fins as well? Thats strange.

yeah i thought it was cuz they were runnin into the lava rocks.
but it defused that theory cuz its on the fins.

 

[cichlidgirl]

so i got 3 tropheus with black spots/blotches. looked all over the forum for pics of past post on the "black spots" but couldnt find any so ill post some pics of mine and tell me what you think! i know its not normal and this is the first time ive seen anything like this. is it a parasite? ive done the whole sea salt and temp. up but no luck. it started off very small and now its somewhat spread from one side of the tropheus to the other and on their fins? can yall help me out

As i stated in the black spot thread recently i believe mine was fungus. I treaated with water changes and melafix at low doses. It went away but would return, each time not nearly as bad as before till last time it never came back. No problems with the fish while they had it, acted normal in every way.

Here is some pics of my fishes black spots: The empress did not get it as bad as the female borleyi :

 

[addicted2cichlids]

thanks cichlidgirl! ill try that. i just treat the whole tank just in case all the others break out! thanks again!

 

[hamato_yoshii]

Keep us updated so we know if this was the case.