DG with hole in the head?

I have a blue dwarf gourami who is seemingly healthy, eats well, and is active...

Asides from how weird I think it is that his eyes are covered with the same blue shimmery color as his scales? I've never noticed anything "wrong" but I was staring my tank down today with my husband's stream light flashlight (to check each fish for signs of ich) and noticed that the gourami has... Pin sized "holes" in his scales around his head... Not sure if they are actually HOLES or just how his scale patterns... He literally won't stop moving at all. I can't even focus my camera... (I tried relentlessly for about 10 minutes prior to this post.)

No other fish exhibit these "holes" and I'm already treating the tank with Kordon's Ich Attack... So I don't want to treat for anything else at the same time.

Besides, I have to make sure everything is safe for my snail, too.

I'll keep trying to take pics while I wait for responses... If I can get one pic of at least one side of him I'm sure it'd help!

 

Not sure how well you can tell in his pic but you can see one above his nostril area, and 2 above his eye where that indent is...

There are probably about... 5-7 of those marks...

I could just be being overly paranoid...

 

If it's a young fish, it's most likely those will fill in as he grows. My betta had holes like that on his face when he was younger!



Just keep an eye on the hole. If it gets bigger or changes color, then you may want to look into parasites or other illnesses.

 

If it's a young fish, it's most likely those will fill in as he grows. My betta had holes like that on his face when he was younger!
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Just keep an eye on the hole. If it gets bigger or changes color, then you may want to look into parasites or other illnesses.

That is almost identical to what Shelby has! Thank you for the pics and info!

I won't worry for now then!

 

No problem!