ScaperGirl Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Hi all, I recently added 12 white cloud mountain minnows to one of my fully cycled tanks (it also has a few corys which are fine). From day 1 a few of the white clouds have a white spot on their lower jaw. The spots haven’t changed or grown since adding them to the tank 10 days ago and they are active and feeding well. Should I use the wait and see approach here, I don’t want to net them into a quarantine tank and cause stress unless absolutely necessary. Could this be columnaris if there haven’t been any changes in the spots or deaths? The spot sometimes looks like it is even just part of their jaw but not all of the fish have it. Tank is 22L, ammonia 0 - nitrite 0 - nitrate 5, pH 7.5, temp 73F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Could be a snout chondroma that's caused by neon tetra disease he's a picture for comparison or it could be a cyst if it were a cyst you would want to treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallon at that level most plants are fine @ScaperGirl Edited March 22 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaperGirl Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Thank you so much for the quick response! I will give the salt treatment a try 🤞 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsquared Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Salt is good first step. It could just be some damage from being packed and shipped or in a crowded tank before you got them. Salt and clean water and “cure” a lot of problems! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnkissed Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Hi! I just saw another member post this question. I believe those white spots are markings in male WCMM. Mine have it too, and the other members' WCMM had it too. It can't be that we all have WCMM with the same disease. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/5/2024 at 9:28 PM, shawnkissed said: Hi! I just saw another member post this question. I believe those white spots are markings in male WCMM. Mine have it too, and the other members' WCMM had it too. It can't be that we all have WCMM with the same disease. Yes I think it is just marking, my females do not have it! Thanks again @shawnkissed! So helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricksonAquatics Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 @ScaperGirlwhat are you feeding those white clouds?! They look stunning! Their colors are amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaperGirl Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 (edited) On 6/6/2024 at 5:09 PM, EricksonAquatics said: @ScaperGirlwhat are you feeding those white clouds?! They look stunning! Their colors are amazing! Thanks! I feed a mix between frozen bbs and bloodworms and Xtreme pellets and flakes. But I think these are just a really good line - got them from Dan’s fish 😉 The small bumps went away on my fish and never came back so maybe it was just a bit of an injury 🤷🏻♀️ Edited June 14 by ScaperGirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Maybe. They are rough when they chase each other lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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