j0hn rambo
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Quick Background-
I put my Emperor I got off this site into QT, he's beginning to change into an adult. He is in a 20 gallon long. In a few days he will have hit the 4 week mark. The first 3 weeks I didn't notice anything on him. 5 days ago I put in Prazi-Pro to eliminate any possible parasites in his gills.
Heres the problem-
Today for the first time I noticed white 3-dimensional patchy areas on him. I tried taking photo's but they are very hard to even notice unless he's at a certain angle with the sunlight. It looks far to large to be ich, he has an area near his back fin probably half the size of a dime. He then has smaller patches by both gills, and one near the lower part of his body. The perimeter of the patchy areas also appears to not just be circular, the ones around his gills are rectangular in shape.
Heres my question.. if it's a fungal infection should I begin trying to treat in QT, or do I not have to worry about it spreading to my display. The Emperor is very active and eating well and I don't like him being in such a small QT tank.. I think this may be part of whats triggering the problem.. thanks alot.
I put my Emperor I got off this site into QT, he's beginning to change into an adult. He is in a 20 gallon long. In a few days he will have hit the 4 week mark. The first 3 weeks I didn't notice anything on him. 5 days ago I put in Prazi-Pro to eliminate any possible parasites in his gills.
Heres the problem-
Today for the first time I noticed white 3-dimensional patchy areas on him. I tried taking photo's but they are very hard to even notice unless he's at a certain angle with the sunlight. It looks far to large to be ich, he has an area near his back fin probably half the size of a dime. He then has smaller patches by both gills, and one near the lower part of his body. The perimeter of the patchy areas also appears to not just be circular, the ones around his gills are rectangular in shape.
Heres my question.. if it's a fungal infection should I begin trying to treat in QT, or do I not have to worry about it spreading to my display. The Emperor is very active and eating well and I don't like him being in such a small QT tank.. I think this may be part of whats triggering the problem.. thanks alot.
