What’s wrong with my blue spot puffer?!?

[sky414]

My new blue spot puffer has been in the quarantine tank for five days. This morning he had these three white spots on the right side of his belly. What is it? How can I treat it?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

sky414 Welcome to the Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis Forum!

The #fishmedic team and other knowledgeable members of our community will do our best to help you resolve your questions. Please provide as much of the following as you are able:

• Brief description of the issue you are observing and answers to the following questions:
  • How long have you had the fish with the condition?
  • Did you quarantine with medication when you first acquired the fish? (If Yes, which medication?)
• Current water quality measurements
• Clear photos of the issue taken using WHITE light and/or a short video of any behaviors (post in your response or on YouTube).

If you can help us by providing as much of the above info as possible, it will make diagnosing and providing recommendations for treatment MUCH easier! The Fish Medic team will get back to you as quickly as possible. In the meantime, other members of our community may also share their experience with similar situations and advice that they may have regarding your situation.

You may also feel free to provide a more detailed description of the condition if you wish to share more info than the above list.

Additionally, these links may be useful while you await a response:

• CURRENT QT PROTOCOL LINK
• HOW TO ASK FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS HELP LINK

 

[vetteguy53081]

Image a bit dark. These fish can be touchy and susceptible to ich and flukes. Please provide video under white bright lighting
Looks to be injury

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Have you treated the QT with anything yet?
Does the fish have any other symptoms?
Is it breathing fast?
Is it still eating?

Jay

 

[sky414]

Have you treated the QT with anything yet?
Does the fish have any other symptoms?
Is it breathing fast?
Is it still eating?

Jay

I turned off the uv light a couple of days ago because I was using seachem stability, but when I saw the spots this morning, I turned it back on. When I came home from work, the spots were gone.

No, I haven’t treated it with anything. I’ve just been watching her while my big tank cycles.

No other symptoms, she still eats, but she does look thinner.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I turned off the uv light a couple of days ago because I was using seachem stability, but when I saw the spots this morning, I turned it back on. When I came home from work, the spots were gone.

No, I haven’t treated it with anything. I’ve just been watching her while my big tank cycles.

No other symptoms, she still eats, but she does look thinner.

Using stability implies this is a new tank, are you monitoring the ammonia?