Overview:
Over recent months I have seen a small white pit appear on my knifefish's face, it hasn't expanded/shrunk in a while so curious as to what it is and how to treat
1. What is the size of your tank?
250 litre / 70 US gallons
2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used.
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - <20
pH - 6.8
Measured with API test kit
TDS - 80ppm
Temp - 26 celsius / 29 Farenheit
3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water?
Freshwater
4. How long the aquarium has been set up?
3 Years so far
5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?
2 Senegal bichirs, 7"
Synodontis eupterus, 6"
Ropefish, 12"
6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?
Nothing has been added in the past year
7. What temperature is the tank water currently?
Temp - 26 celsius / 29 Farenheit
8. Are there live plants in the aquarium?
Yes, fully planted tank. Again nothing added soon before the disease was seen
9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity.
Aquaclear 110 and several internal filters. Cleaned weekly with WC
10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)?
Nothing.
11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)?
Indirect sunlight in the morning, tank lights on for 7 hours daily
12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate?
60% done today, usually done weekly/biweekly with aged water.
13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule?
Brine shrimp pellets and spirulina flakes 5-6x a week.
14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish?
Fish is acting completely normally, only signs are the indents/white markings on the face.
15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis.
Have no clue.
16. Insert photos of fish in question and full tank shot if necessary.
Over recent months I have seen a small white pit appear on my knifefish's face, it hasn't expanded/shrunk in a while so curious as to what it is and how to treat
1. What is the size of your tank?
250 litre / 70 US gallons
2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used.
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - <20
pH - 6.8
Measured with API test kit
TDS - 80ppm
Temp - 26 celsius / 29 Farenheit
3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water?
Freshwater
4. How long the aquarium has been set up?
3 Years so far
5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?
2 Senegal bichirs, 7"
Synodontis eupterus, 6"
Ropefish, 12"
6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?
Nothing has been added in the past year
7. What temperature is the tank water currently?
Temp - 26 celsius / 29 Farenheit
8. Are there live plants in the aquarium?
Yes, fully planted tank. Again nothing added soon before the disease was seen
9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity.
Aquaclear 110 and several internal filters. Cleaned weekly with WC
10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)?
Nothing.
11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)?
Indirect sunlight in the morning, tank lights on for 7 hours daily
12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate?
60% done today, usually done weekly/biweekly with aged water.
13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule?
Brine shrimp pellets and spirulina flakes 5-6x a week.
14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish?
Fish is acting completely normally, only signs are the indents/white markings on the face.
15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis.
Have no clue.
16. Insert photos of fish in question and full tank shot if necessary.
