Help with pearscale

Hello,

I have a pearscale that is about 5" long. He had a white sore that
almost looked like a scale had popped out. I kept an eye on him for
about a week and did salt dips during that time. Looking at him
yesterday, the spot at developed into a pinkish/red sore. Almost like
a "hole". It is located on his lower side near anal fin. Any
suggestions? Should I continue the dips? Should I quarentee?

Thanks,
Ed

If you have other fish def quarantine, then keep
the water quality top notch.


Budbudford wrote:

Hello,

I have a pearscale that is about 5" long. He had a white sore that
almost looked like a scale had popped out. I kept an eye on him for
about a week and did salt dips during that time. Looking at him
yesterday, the spot at developed into a pinkish/red sore. Almost like
a "hole". It is located on his lower side near anal fin. Any
suggestions? Should I continue the dips? Should I quarentee?

Thanks,
Ed

sounds bacterial. treat topically. see treatment in
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...se/disease.htm
also look over special needs of pearlscales in
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p.../care/care.htm
Ingrid

(Budbudford) wrote:

Hello,

I have a pearscale that is about 5" long. He had a white sore that
almost looked like a scale had popped out. I kept an eye on him for
about a week and did salt dips during that time. Looking at him
yesterday, the spot at developed into a pinkish/red sore. Almost like
a "hole". It is located on his lower side near anal fin. Any
suggestions? Should I continue the dips? Should I quarentee?

Thanks,
Ed



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I have a pearscale that is about 5" long. He had a white sore that
almost looked like a scale had popped out.

I have a 3" pearlscale that this happened to. It looked like one of the
scales had torn or popped. I treated the damaged area by rubbing a bit
of Neosporin on the area. It healed in a couple of days. He's fine now.