whats does white spot look like?

[thegreenboy]

Its been some time since I was on the fish room, can some please describe what whit spot looks like?

One of my glows has two or three white lumps on its body, they kinda look like warts or something.

Can anyone help.

[Alan]

Nope, dat ain't de whitespot what does the wipin' out of da fishies.

But if ya go to da top of da page and click on da search buttom,

then type in da word,"whitespot".

Ya'll fin' all da t'ings ya eva wanted ta know about whitespot,

or maybe didna wanna know.

Alan 104

[Aqua]

Alan, have you been at the Guiness again? :lol:

But seriously, this is what white spot looks like:

image courtesy of images.google.com

[Pegasus]

Here is the life cycle of the white spot.

http://www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/grumpygr/main%20site/white%20spot%20cycle.htm

Hope this helps

Bill.

[BK]

I get little white stops on the tail of my Discus that seem to grow out as the tail gets bigger. Doesn't seem to cause any problems or transfer to other fish? Anyone seen this b4.

[herefishiefishie]

I get little white stops on the tail of my Discus that seem to grow out as the tail gets bigger.

Do you find that these are on the veins in the tail? if so harmless.

frenchy

[BK]

Yes they do seem to be on the veins and because the fish seem fine I've not been treating them with anything but interested in what they are. Same as our finger nails maybe?

[herefishiefishie]

I used to work for a guy who is on his 10th LFS(20 years) been keeping fish for longer than I have been alive. The sad thing is not only does he know all the cichlids, tropical fish by scientific names but also all the diseases.

I remember seeing these white marks on discus in the store & asked what they were as they arent whitespot, :-? I think he said its like a break in the lines,(more delicate in discus) but don't quote me because as soon as he said it was harmless it all sort of went in one ear & out the other :roll:

Frenchy