Hello fish friends,
I have a young male dwarf gourami who has a gray dot on one side only for 4 months. This dot seems to be under his scales and it morphs at times into a whitehead like bump and once that bump turned into white cotton sticking out. The dot sometimes changes a little in shape but there is only one and it doesn’t move.
I have treated him in a Q tank with:
Maracyn (columnaris)2 cycles
No change
Paracleanse (skin flukes)2 cycles
No change
Expel-P (internal parasites)2 cycles
No change
I am currently in week 2 of a treatment of microbe lift (anchor worms fish lice)
so far no change
10 gal tank 77 degrees
Nitrates
0-5(I dose with Prime if above 0)
Nitrites 0
GH 300 (well water)
KH 80
pH 7.2
Chlorine 0
To be honest, the last fish I need is a male orange gourami because I already have 2 others, but this fish is the only one with this pest and I’m determined to figure out what it is.
Any ideas of what I might want to try next? Also do I need to not feed him during treatments? I have been feeding him minimal amounts 2x day and vacuuming bare bottom tank out every 2 days because he isn’t growing
Any help appreciated
