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Posted by Koi-Lo on April 11, 2006, 9:52 am
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> Yes, I've had a good look through the list of fish diseases, in my
> books and on the net and my best guess would still be a parasite -
> either a type of worm similar to anchor worm or some kind of large skin
> fluke. It doesn't look like dropsy with all the scales standing up.
> Maybe ten to fifteen scales on the whole fish seem to have this white
> thing under them which appears to wriggle.
If they're extremely small they could be some kind of body Fluke (use
Clout).
The scales don't stand up -
> the white thing pokes out from under them while they remain in a normal
> position. It's not something I've ever seen before.
I haven't either and have had fish for ages. :-(
(Probably my
> inexperience showing here.) The second photo I took (see first post in
> this thread) shows them quite clearly, especially if you look along the
> upper edge of the fish shown. I'd get some more photo's but it's
> really hard to get good shots of a flashing fish. The two I put up
> were the only good ones in quite a few shots.
Where did you put the pics? I don't see them on the binary group.
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>soon as I got him home. (I bought from a lsf I have never used before
>and will never use again now - I found out later that they had a bad
>I bought a new betta a few weeks ago and noticed some spots on him as
>soon as I got him home. (I bought from a lsf I have never used before
>and will never use again now - I found out later that they had a bad
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