Ok, a while back, our Pacu had a few white spots on his gills. We didn't do more than a water change at that point because there were only one or two, and after watching him for a few days, they would go away, and a few days later, another would come back. We were also pretty sure that it wasn't ich because the spots were slightly raised, a little bigger than ich usually looks to be, and there was always only a couple. In response to that, we've increased our water changes to 50% 2-3 times a week. His water quality is actually really good, aside from the nitrate levels which I can't ever really get to go down much, even with daily water changes. The spots actually stopped appearing, and we've continued the water changes 2-3 times a week.
The problem now.. About a week ago he started to develop white splotches on his tail fin. It's hard to really describe, but they actually look a little like hard water stains lol. At first it was one small one. Eventually it started to spread, but also seemed to lighten up. We thought this might go away a lot like the spots did. Unfortunately the splotches just keep changing. They've gotten a little worse, from how they originally started, but at this point it's like they just keep changing, not better, not worse. We also have four silver dollars, and a large pleco that aren't showing signs of anything at all.
We'd rather not have to chemically treat him since we'd either have to move him (not easy) or move the rest of the fish and treat the entire tank. One way or another, we'd really like to try and identify whatever it is that's on his tail fin. Can anyone help out? Pacu Mom maybe? ;-)
I have to post the pics from my phone, so that will be in the next post. Hopefully you can make out some of it, but being that he likes to play 'chase the light' almost as much as our cats do, the flash kept distracting him
The problem now.. About a week ago he started to develop white splotches on his tail fin. It's hard to really describe, but they actually look a little like hard water stains lol. At first it was one small one. Eventually it started to spread, but also seemed to lighten up. We thought this might go away a lot like the spots did. Unfortunately the splotches just keep changing. They've gotten a little worse, from how they originally started, but at this point it's like they just keep changing, not better, not worse. We also have four silver dollars, and a large pleco that aren't showing signs of anything at all.
We'd rather not have to chemically treat him since we'd either have to move him (not easy) or move the rest of the fish and treat the entire tank. One way or another, we'd really like to try and identify whatever it is that's on his tail fin. Can anyone help out? Pacu Mom maybe? ;-)
I have to post the pics from my phone, so that will be in the next post. Hopefully you can make out some of it, but being that he likes to play 'chase the light' almost as much as our cats do, the flash kept distracting him
