Brookey25 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hi everyone, I have adopted 2 fish that were from a diseased tank in my workplace. One of the fish has died, as his immune system was just too weak and he was picking up everything. I've just gotten home to find the other fish "Mr Fish" who is now VERY healthy and happy, seems kind of sad.. not his usual self.. not rushing to get to the food. He's still eating, but over the past 2 days, he's just lost his spark. That same day I first noticed a change, one of his scales had fallen off. Tonight when I got home, I see there's a little white spot near his eye, which is raised. Does anyone have any ideas on what this could be? Doesn't White Spot usually start on the fins?? I want to be very careful before treating him, because he's been through a lot with the Septicemia he had when I adopted him. He's only been recovered for a month. Please let me know if you can. I have the Wunder Tonic to use, but want to be sure it IS White Spot first, because from experience, I know this makes the fish feel pretty sick.. and I don't want to put him through that if it's unneccessary. Look forward to hearing from you. By the way, both fish were in completely seperate tanks and I even brought them seperate equipment.. just the basics.. because they were in little tanks and wasn't sure whether they'd survive. I know that he's sick because I haven't yet had the chance to get him all the proper testing kits, but I have been changing 30% of his water every 7 days.. and it's very clean.. with no waste. He doesn't have a filter, and I feel terrible I've left him in this poor environment so long, but now that I'm aware that he's recovered, I've been trying to decide between an AquaOne 510 or 620 and it's a tough decision. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 What sort of fish is Mr Fish? If a goldfish then look up 'breeding tubercules', it might be normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 any scratching? with whitespot the fish often scratches against gravel and objects due to the irritation. If you've got a photo that would help, whitespot should look like very small grains of salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 jolliolli wrote: whitespot should look like very small grains of salt Plus, I've never seen whitespot "raised". Any chance of getting a pic? Until you get a filter I suggest more frequent water changes. I don't remember :oops: do you have test kits? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 whitespot is always raised..... like little bits stuck to the surface of the fish..... (which is technically what they are) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Hi everyone, I'm aware that he's recovered, I've been trying to decide between an AquaOne 510 or 620 and it's a tough decision. Thanks The bigger, the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Stella wrote: whitespot is always raised Gee, sorry about that never noticed it looking raised. It's, knock on wood, been a long time since I had to deal with whitespot. I guess I didn't think they looked raised at all, as I've seen described here looks like salt shaker taken to them. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookey25 Posted October 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Thanks guys for your responses! The spot was raised yes. The day after posting this, it disappeared.. but I realised today he has another small white spot (more like a grain of salt now) above the same eye. It doesn't seem to be getting worse. I have ordered him an AquaOne 510 (75 litre tank) which will arrive at the end of this week. Hopefully, the spot will drop off.. and I will move him into his new tank without a problem. It's probably not worth treating him since he's not sticking around in that water.. plus he only has had the one spot on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 If it whitespot, the first spot will now be sitting on the substrate maturing, in a few days it will hatched and release hundreds of free-swimmers. That is the only stage at which it can be killed. Otherwise you need to wait for all those ones to find your fish, get bigger, drop off, mature and erupt into even more hunderds of free swimmers. This is why whitespot SUCKS. :evil: When the free-swimmers are first attached to the fish they are too small to see. Where do you live? Maybe someone can visit and tell you what this spot is? Have you googled for photos of whitespot? If I were you I would add 1/2 tsp salt per litre of water and keep it at that level for two weeks (do your waterchanges but replace the lost salt). Salt is not as bad for your fish as some of the other whitespot meds, and since you have caught it early it will be easier to get rid of. Assuming it is whitespot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookey25 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 It came back again yesterday! And today it's gone!! ARGH! It's driving me nuts! The first time I saw the spot, it looked bigger than a whitespot... but the last time I saw it yesterday, when one had reappeared in the same area.. it was a little grain of salt. I'm counting down the days until his tank gets here and I can tranport him over without any of the old tank water. If I notice any more spots though, I will treat him. I've just recently lost a fish (in a seperate tank) to whitespot. Once you start treating them, it can really run them down if their immune systems are recovering from illness.. in which case, mine has recovered from Septicemia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 You may find he will always be prone to whitespot and other diseases due to his history. I fear it will be an ongoing problem His whole immune system was so compromised he probably has permanent damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookey25 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yes that could be the case, although with Mr Fish - I doubt that. He's very healthy now. But that's exactly what the problem was with my other fish that I rescued. I had to euthinaze him. It was definitely for the best. Just from some movement in the tank which caused stress, he contracted fin rot, a body fungus and white spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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