penance

My silver dollars are recovering from columnaris and they seem to be doing fine now and are healing great from their fungus, however now I've noticed that some of the silver dollars have these 2 black spots on their sides, closer to their heads/middle body.

Are these natural black spots or could it be a reaction from the medication?

Thanks

Amanda

Could you post a pic? I know they sometimes have some color variation.

AlyeskaGirl

Below is a link that has photos of Silver dollars with differ color variations. Some pics show black dots on body like what you were refering to. I also have silver dollars. My oldest doesn't have black spots on body but the spots on dorsal fin.

I hope this link gives you a peace of mind. They are wonderful fish to have.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/speci...er_dollar.html

penance

Thanks for the link ... I went through those photos but none of them look like my current silver dollars, I just got home so I'll try to post some pics now

aquarist48

I have Silver Dollars. Black spots are natural and they come and go depending on the mood of the fish. When mine are trying to spawn....they really get more black. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

penance

Thanks aquarists - I tried getting photos this morning but they won't stay still lol plus I did notice that the spots come and go and not all of the silver dollars have them.


edit: I found this thread which gave me a bit more info:

have you ever seen anything like this?????

AlyeskaGirl

Your Welcome!

Just checked out that link...whoa! Interesting!

aquarist48

Welcome. Good luck with them. They truly are a great fish.