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white specs on fins 4 years, 7 months ago #4700

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i noticed this morning that my ocscar has2 or three tiny white spec on he fins that are by his gills. its only on one fin. he still eating and acting normal. it doesnt look like ich or a fungous infection. has any one else seen this on theres. they look like littl bublles or lint thats stuck to it but ive seen ich and it doesnt look like that. my water is still in good shape. any idea?

Re:white specs on fins 4 years, 7 months ago #4701

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Can't really tell just from your description, a photograph would be very handy. I'll repeat what I normally asked for, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.
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ph-7.6
ammonia0 0.005
nitrite-0
nitrate-10

Re:white specs on fins 4 years, 7 months ago #4707

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Not quite sure about all zeros in the ammonia but I assume you mean 0.5? I'm afraid that is too high. I would do a 25% water change every other day until there is no ammonia reading. However, occasionally you do get ammonia readings and then it goes away as quickly as it came. So test the water every other day and see what happens. Reduce the feeding until the ammonia is zero.

If you can provide a photo please do
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