Hi All,
I have just spotted that my fighter has a white film on the side of his head. It is also covering his left eye.
For he last few days he has also been going nuts every so often and streaking across the tank and then fairly vigorously rubbing himself on the gravel, glass etc.
He is still eating fine and is generally acting normal (other than the above).
I have done a bit of googling but don't have a positive ID of what it is. I'm thinking possibly a parasite of some sort.
Any idea what it could be? And what treatment it would need?
Some info on the tank:
The tank is 35 litres
It has been set up for about 6 weeks and he has occupied it for about 4.
I cycled the filter on my existing 230 litre tank.
I haven't tested the water for a week or so (I'm about to do some tests now) but the water has been fine in the previous tests - Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, and Nitrates about 10ppm. The PH was sitting at about 6.8. EDIT: Latests tests all come back OK - Am 0, Nitrite 0, Nirate between 5-10 and PH of 6.8.
The tank is lightly planted
I also do a 30% water change each week
Sorry for the average photos but hopefully it gives an idea on what it looks like