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Not sure whats wrong with my Electric Blue Ram?

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1.2K views 3 replies 3 participants last post by  lilnaugrim  
#1 ·
Hey I'm just wondering if anybody happens to know whats wrong with my fish, I've had him for about 2 months and I noticed this white spot starting to form on his head about 9 days ago. The scales have fallen off around the spot and a groove has started to form. (Also don't mind the algae, I had a bad bloom of it this past weekend. Someone left my window open while I was gone and the sun was shining directly onto the tank, I am current dealing with it.) From what I've noticed, no other fish have any white grooves and spots on them.







Any Ideas?
 
#2 ·
Sorry for the late reply, not sure how I missed this but it looks like he's hit himself on something. What kind of decor do you have in the tank?
 
#3 ·
My female GBR had similar white spots on her head that were a big smaller. She had about 4. A couple of weeks later, the spots were still there, and she became less active, then stopped eating. I lost her not long afterward. Keep a close eye on him. Let's hope its just a slight injury.
 
#4 ·
Hopefully, that or a bacterial infection but I believe those are normally black spots not white. And it's not possible to contract HITH from what I know, the parasite that causes it is too large for our fish to infect.