Hello-
I brought home 7 sparkling gouramis yesterday--my all-time favorite little fish--to add to an empty (freshly cycled) ten gallon. They were the only 7 in the store tank, and I looked over each pretty thoroughly before deciding to buy. While all appear to be active and eating today, one has some scale loss that concerns me. Those spots were NOT there yesterday evening.
I'm sorry I couldn't get a better picture. My immediate thought when I saw the spots was that it appears he injured himself somehow. It looks like the scales were stripped off. Next thought was possible fungus (saddleback?), though there is no "fuzz" that I can see. Honestly, I've been keeping fish for a long time and don't think I've ever had a fish with fungus, at least not that I know of, so I'm probably not good at identifying what is and what isn't a fungal infection.
What do you think it is? I wanted to add some salt but decided to hold off on doing anything until I determine exactly what's wrong.
Recently tested parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
Temp: 78
I brought home 7 sparkling gouramis yesterday--my all-time favorite little fish--to add to an empty (freshly cycled) ten gallon. They were the only 7 in the store tank, and I looked over each pretty thoroughly before deciding to buy. While all appear to be active and eating today, one has some scale loss that concerns me. Those spots were NOT there yesterday evening.
I'm sorry I couldn't get a better picture. My immediate thought when I saw the spots was that it appears he injured himself somehow. It looks like the scales were stripped off. Next thought was possible fungus (saddleback?), though there is no "fuzz" that I can see. Honestly, I've been keeping fish for a long time and don't think I've ever had a fish with fungus, at least not that I know of, so I'm probably not good at identifying what is and what isn't a fungal infection.
What do you think it is? I wanted to add some salt but decided to hold off on doing anything until I determine exactly what's wrong.
Recently tested parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
Temp: 78