Does this look like an injury or illness?

[emmaewhite]

I just got done feeding my neons this morning and noticed one of them has a white patch on its side. Does this look like a wound or should I be worried about potential disease? I noticed some of them have been chasing each other as well this morning, so I'm wondering if he scraped against one of my lava rocks or something. Please let me know what your thoughts are in case I need to start treating the tank for disease.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Scrape or a fungal thing maybe. In person, does it look fuzzy at all?

 

[emmaewhite]

Scrape or a fungal thing maybe. In person, does it look fuzzy at all?

I don't think it looks fuzzy. None of my other fish have it and it doesn't seem to be affecting the fish's energy level or appetite. Should I just leave it alone and keep an eye on it?

 

[BigManAquatics]

I don't think it looks fuzzy. None of my other fish have it and it doesn't seem to be affecting the fish's energy level or appetite. Should I just leave it alone and keep an eye on it?

Thats probably what i would do. With a small water change every couple days to help prevent possible infection.

 

[emmaewhite]

Thats probably what i would do. With a small water change every couple days to help prevent possible infection.

Okay, sounds good. Thanks for the reply! Hopefully it isn't anything fungal, but that should be semi easy to treat if it is. I need to do a water change anyway and clean the algae off my plants