What is it: White lumps

Now I don't know if this is an issue because the fish are acting normal, and I tested my water yesterday, everything was where it usually is in my tanks. I noticed this after my fish recovered from their ich, I was treating ich, its went away, but I noticed weird white lumps on their heads, it's most obvious on the oldest orange platy, I haven't noticed it on my Cory catfish. The grey juvenile that has it is acting normal and healthy, but the orange adult is being very skittish. Also, I noted that the orange appeared to be pregnant since she suddenly gained weight when they got ich, but after the ich was gone her stumach size went back to normal, no fry in the tank, they didnt get eaten if they where because I always have a lot of survivers, especially now that my tank has plants in it. I don't know what to do but it is puzzling me where this white lump came from.

 

A picture would be helpful here but I have a few theories in the meantime:

(1) You might be dealing with a secondary infection due to the fish scraping against the tank to remove the ich. When they flash or scrape against the tank, they are damaging their scales which can lead to a secondary infection. This is very common and most likely what is going on here. More water changes and melafix would typically clear this up, but I see in your bio that your tank has 25ppm ammonia.

(2) You are dealing with a different type of infection like flukes due to the ich weakening your fishes immune system. (When it rains it pours haha)

(3) The "weird white lumps on their heads" could be a second wave of ich? Assuming you already diagnosed the ich properly and these white lumps don't look like ich then probably not the issue here.

Might want to invest in a quarantine tank or if not possible, a breeder box at a minimum so you can monitor/separate new fish before placing them in your main tank.

 

A picture would be helpful here but I have a few theories in the meantime:

(1) You might be dealing with a secondary infection due to the fish scraping against the tank to remove the ich. When they flash or scrape against the tank, they are damaging their scales which can lead to a secondary infection. This is very common and most likely what is going on here. More water changes and melafix would typically clear this up, but I see in your bio that your tank has 25ppm ammonia.

(2) You are dealing with a different type of infection like flukes due to the ich weakening your fishes immune system. (When it rains it pours haha)

(3) The "weird white lumps on their heads" could be a second wave of ich? Assuming you already diagnosed the ich properly and these white lumps don't look like ich then probably not the issue here.

Might want to invest in a quarantine tank or if not possible, a breeder box at a minimum so you can monitor/separate new fish before placing them in your main tank.

oof i meant 0.25pm

but i have melafix so ill try that

oof i meant 0.25pm

but i have melafix so ill try that

ill get a pic in a bit

 

oof i meant 0.25pm

I assumed you meant 0.25 hahaha don't worry. Still ammonia though. Kinda confused by your water parameters. Is the tank cycled? And are you really shaking the nitrate #2 bottle? (Assuming you are using an api master kit here) That bottle is notorious for giving false readings if not shaken enough. That might be a bigger problem going on here. Yeah show me a picture and I will have a better idea. Don't dose with melafix, unless you have some damaged fins in the tank. Then it cant hurt haha just throwing melafix in on an issue without a possible prognosis won't do anything but remove oxygen from the tank which can cause more stress.

 

I assumed you meant 0.25 hahaha don't worry. Still ammonia though. Kinda confused by your water parameters. Is the tank cycled? And are you really shaking the nitrate #2 bottle? (Assuming you are using an api master kit here) That bottle is notorious for giving false readings if not shaken enough. That might be a bigger problem going on here. Yeah show me a picture and I will have a better idea. Don't dose with melafix, unless you have some damaged fins in the tank. Then it cant hurt haha just throwing melafix in on an issue without a possible prognosis won't do anything but remove oxygen from the tank which can cause more stress.

ok, sorry I took so long, my fish hide to sleep in the plants at this time so they won't come out for a picture, but ill reply to you with a picture tomorrow, yes the tank is cycled and the fish have been fine since late August until this month. I shake my bottles although not as much a before since a dog I was babysitting somehow got to my bottles and put teeth marks so when I shake aggressively some spills out.

 

I assumed you meant 0.25 hahaha don't worry. Still ammonia though. Kinda confused by your water parameters. Is the tank cycled? And are you really shaking the nitrate #2 bottle? (Assuming you are using an api master kit here) That bottle is notorious for giving false readings if not shaken enough. That might be a bigger problem going on here. Yeah show me a picture and I will have a better idea. Don't dose with melafix, unless you have some damaged fins in the tank. Then it cant hurt haha just throwing melafix in on an issue without a possible prognosis won't do anything but remove oxygen from the tank which can cause more stress.

Sorry it took so long to get a picture, I lost my phone




Its kinda hard to see in the pics because I had to stand above her since she would just swim away

 

hmm hard to tell, still leaning towards a secondary infection simply because that just makes the most sense. Did you start using melafix already? (I see bubbles in the tank haha)

Whats are your water parameters again? No plants right?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:

 

hmm hard to tell, still leaning towards a secondary infection simply because that just makes the most sense. Did you start using melafix already? (I see bubbles in the tank haha)

Whats are your water parameters again? No plants right?
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:

There is plants, should i remove them, my ammonia is still around the 0.25ppm
Nitrate is 0.5ppm
And nitrite is 0ppm
The heat is about 78°F or about 26°C

I useApi master test kit so while not 100% accurate from what im told, its close. Im going to do water change and continue medication.

Oh the bubbles are also from a sponge filter.