white dot

[Steve]

My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about the
size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.

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could be he is getting his breeding stars. moors have lots of em on leading edge of
fin, around the eyes as well as on gill covers. Ingrid

"Steve" > wrote:

>My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about the
>size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
>have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
>safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
>



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[T]

Keep an eye on him... Just remember if it is not broke don't fix it..

Tim..


> wrote in message
...
> could be he is getting his breeding stars. moors have lots of em on
leading edge of
> fin, around the eyes as well as on gill covers. Ingrid
>
> "Steve" > wrote:
>
> >My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
the
> >size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
> >have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
> >safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Steve]

On tail fin? I didn't know that!
> wrote in message
...
> could be he is getting his breeding stars. moors have lots of em on
leading edge of
> fin, around the eyes as well as on gill covers. Ingrid
>
> "Steve" > wrote:
>
> >My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
the
> >size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
> >have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
> >safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
> >
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Steve]

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
the
> size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
> have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
> safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
>

Sorry should have said:

Nitrates are negligible - less than .03 and PH is 7 - 7.25. Tank is 45 gal
holding 3 fish - bubble eye, moor and lionhead. Only the moor seems to have
the white dot. Had it for about 4 days now. 10 - 20% water change done every
7 - 10 days. Feed is mainly high protein small pellets plus some dried
tubifex, dried daphnia and some flakes. Fed twice a day (eaten well within
the 5 min period). Filtration is fluval filter (cleaned in aquarium water
each water change). Also under gravel filter with airstone

[Vissy Dartae]

> "Steve" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
> the
> > size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
> > have anything and all seem to be healthy so far.

Very interesting. My blue "ryukin," whom I suspect has more than a
little Moor in her, gets exactly the same thing from time to time. It
always is in the same place, the top edge of tail fin, and always goes
completely away after a couple of days. I was worried about ich at
first, but now i dont' think that's it.

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nope, missed the "tail" fin. no breeding stars on tail fin. anyway, a single dot is
not cause for concern. Ingrid

"Steve" > wrote:

>On tail fin? I didn't know that!
> wrote in message
...
>> could be he is getting his breeding stars. moors have lots of em on
>leading edge of
>> fin, around the eyes as well as on gill covers. Ingrid
>>
>> "Steve" > wrote:
>>
>> >My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
>the
>> >size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
>> >have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
>> >safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
>> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
>> www.drsolo.com
>> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
>> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
>> endorsements or recommendations I make.
>



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www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
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dont feed live food like tubifex to GF in tanks. dried is still "live" and may
contain bacteria. unless it has been irradiated and is sterile.
get rid of the gravel, it just holds too crud. there is no way your nitrates are
less than .03 unless you have just done a 100% water change. get new test kits.
Ingrid

"Steve" > wrote:

>
>"Steve" > wrote in message
...
>> My moor has a single small white dot on the edge of his tail fin - about
>the
>> size of a pin head. Its not gone any bigger and the others don't seem to
>> have anything and all seem to be healthy so far. I've dosed with "disease
>> safe" but any other suggestions.? Water parameters are fine by the way.
>>
>
>Sorry should have said:
>
>Nitrates are negligible - less than .03 and PH is 7 - 7.25. Tank is 45 gal
>holding 3 fish - bubble eye, moor and lionhead. Only the moor seems to have
>the white dot. Had it for about 4 days now. 10 - 20% water change done every
>7 - 10 days. Feed is mainly high protein small pellets plus some dried
>tubifex, dried daphnia and some flakes. Fed twice a day (eaten well within
>the 5 min period). Filtration is fluval filter (cleaned in aquarium water
>each water change). Also under gravel filter with airstone
>



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[Steve]

picture of spot at: http://www.djh.ukjournalists.co.uk/what_is_this_spot.htm
Re the nitrates, maybe I've got a dash in where there shouldn't be one!
Whatever, they are showing the lowest they can be (test kit shows test as
the lowest, - yellow colour)
Thanks all.

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treat it topically.
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disease/treatment/trtmnt.htm#topical%20treatment

"Steve" > wrote:

>picture of spot at: http://www.djh.ukjournalists.co.uk/what_is_this_spot.htm
>Re the nitrates, maybe I've got a dash in where there shouldn't be one!
>Whatever, they are showing the lowest they can be (test kit shows test as
>the lowest, - yellow colour)
>Thanks all.
>
>



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