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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| odd marks on purple firefish
My recently acquired Purple Firefish has some odd spot on him/her, they almost seem like air bubbles under the skin but don't actually protrude from the body and are only visible when hes turned just the right way in the tank light. My first thought were ICH but the spots are too big and aren't really white.
Hes very energetic, eats alot and is probably the most active fish ive got at the moment
Any idea what these marks are? | 
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Can you post a pic of this? | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Ive tried but the spots don't show, they are like small reflective patches. Ill try again | |
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October 5th, 2008
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top is best image i can get
bottom the spots disappear, sorry for being so blurry hes a tough bugger to get to stay still. I'm worried its a type of ich but he doesnt show any symptoms at all of ich
Last edited by Scaredone; October 5th, 2008 at 09:50 PM.
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Are you sure the "spots" are under the skin? And you say it looks like air under the skin? Not goldish patches on the skin perhaps? | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| they dont stick out from his body so it looks like they are under his skin. Im not too fluent on the fish lingo yet, goldfish patches? | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I was wondering if the color is gold (gold-ish) | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| when not in the light they disappear into his natural color white/grey, but when he turns a bit they become a bright reflective white but only when he is at certain angles from the surface | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I just read a blog where a guys said that his purple firefish was moulting and had white-ish spots on him. But then I also see that salt water Ich is also similar to those spots, but it also mentions that they could get spots from not eating the right kind of foods or having a deficiency...
I really hope someone on the forum will help you real soon. Unfortunately I am not an expert. | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| yeah that was the first place i had looked and initially thought of Brooklynella hostilis a type of ich that appears in larger spots but he has none of the symptoms other than the white spots, he eats a lot, very active and colorful but does not produce the "slime" listed in this type of ich.
Also thought of this first because he lives with 3 clowns (shares a cave with my black perc  )
I'm hoping its nothing major and I'll just name him Spot | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| Oh dear!
Lets hope some of the more experienced guys on this site comes to your aid real soon!!!
Worry I couldn't help 
LOL! at least he got a name from it LOL!
Last edited by isis; October 5th, 2008 at 11:41 PM.
Reason: btw... | |
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October 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| any fish pros have ideas? | |
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October 6th, 2008
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| Hi there
How is 'spot' doing? | |
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October 6th, 2008
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| still happy as ****, being a pig i swear he eats twice as much as a clown does | |
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October 6th, 2008
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| The spots still the same? not bigger or anything different? | |
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October 6th, 2008
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| nope same size, same places | |
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November 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Hi there
how is your fish doing? | |
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November 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Purple Firefish are pretty disease resistant ,,, what are you feeding as they need a varied diet to maintain there colouring,, which could be the problem with yours
so i really wouldnt worry about it ,,,,, just feed mysis or brine shrimp and should solve your problem | |
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