Hi!
My angelfish recently developed these white spots behind her eye. I do not believe it is ich, it looks like it come from deeper in the skin than ich. The spots seem to 'ooze' and the skin around the area is very raised. There are just the 4 spots and they are large in size. No noticeable behavior changes. None of the other fish are exhibiting any health or behavior issues. She does have lip fibroma that is not affecting her ability to eat. She is in a 46 gal community tank with the following fish: Dragon/violet goby; Pictus Catfish; Pleco; 2 Cory Cats; Red Tail Shark; Iridescent Shark; Golden Gourami; 3 juvenile Angelfish; 6 platys. Tank has been established for 2 years, most recent addition being 1 of the Corys, who was added a few days after the spots showed up on the angel. No other changes to the tank in months though. I do 30-50% w/c weekly with a partial substrate stir-I have a substrate mix of 50% Nature's Ocean Aragonite Sand 50% Nature's Ocean Marine White Sand which tends to build up anaerobic pockets. I do have live plants in the tank, some java fern and amazon swords. Just tested the water, API liquid test for nitrate and ammonia, and Jungle 6-in-one strips for the rest. Ammonia=0, nitrite=0, nitrate <20, GH ~125, KH ~140, PH ~8.4 chlorine=0. I have an XP2 filtering it all which I clean out every other month to keep the bacter colonies booming. They are fed a mixture of flake, bloodworms, shrimp pellets, and algae flakes with a cucumber chunk for the pleco.
I was considering treating the tank with temp up and salinity, but was unsure if this would do any good.
FYI the tiny white spots are sand the ID went nuts when I was trying to take pics and stirred up the substrate.
My angelfish recently developed these white spots behind her eye. I do not believe it is ich, it looks like it come from deeper in the skin than ich. The spots seem to 'ooze' and the skin around the area is very raised. There are just the 4 spots and they are large in size. No noticeable behavior changes. None of the other fish are exhibiting any health or behavior issues. She does have lip fibroma that is not affecting her ability to eat. She is in a 46 gal community tank with the following fish: Dragon/violet goby; Pictus Catfish; Pleco; 2 Cory Cats; Red Tail Shark; Iridescent Shark; Golden Gourami; 3 juvenile Angelfish; 6 platys. Tank has been established for 2 years, most recent addition being 1 of the Corys, who was added a few days after the spots showed up on the angel. No other changes to the tank in months though. I do 30-50% w/c weekly with a partial substrate stir-I have a substrate mix of 50% Nature's Ocean Aragonite Sand 50% Nature's Ocean Marine White Sand which tends to build up anaerobic pockets. I do have live plants in the tank, some java fern and amazon swords. Just tested the water, API liquid test for nitrate and ammonia, and Jungle 6-in-one strips for the rest. Ammonia=0, nitrite=0, nitrate <20, GH ~125, KH ~140, PH ~8.4 chlorine=0. I have an XP2 filtering it all which I clean out every other month to keep the bacter colonies booming. They are fed a mixture of flake, bloodworms, shrimp pellets, and algae flakes with a cucumber chunk for the pleco.
I was considering treating the tank with temp up and salinity, but was unsure if this would do any good.
FYI the tiny white spots are sand the ID went nuts when I was trying to take pics and stirred up the substrate.
