Some White spot on upper fin and tail of my parrot fish(s). What is this?

Question

Some White spot on upper fin and tail of my parrot fish(s). What is this? But this is not the ich...or whitespot disease.The fins are look like the fins of gorami fish.this is not traditional whitespot disease.Thanks all of you who gave me the answers of my previous question.

Answer 1

Ich and white spot (term more commonly used in Europe) are names for the same thing - Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, a parasite. The name's too long, so most people shorten it to "ich" or "ick". This isn't the same as marine ich or white spot, which is caused by a different organism, Cryptocaryon irritans, which is a totally different protozoan.

Another common condition which resembles ich is velvet. It also appears as white spots, but heavy infestations of this will have a gold or rust color under bright light.

See diagnosis chart in this link:

http://www.fishdeals.com/fish_diseases/stressdisease.shtml

You can treat velvet the same as ich - copper based medications - be cautious if there are any copper-sensitive plants or animals in your tank. Some sources recommend reducing/eliminating light to the tank during treatment, as there is debate on the exact classification of the organism causing velvet - some call it a dinoflagellate, others an algae, because it contains chlorophyll.

Treatment should last 14 days, because the medication won't affect encycted indivual organisms. The articles below will give you more info - the first is for ich, the last two are for velvet.

Answer 2

this is ick you will need to raise the temp to 80 to 85 and put ick away from walmart in there it will kill your fish