White spot = healed fin?

Leopardess

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wow, I've had a lot of questions this week...ha

As you've seen in my signature, I've had two pearl gouramis in quarantine for about three weeks now (but one of them just got "freed" to the 55g this morning! :) YIPPEE). My problem is that one of them, for as long as I have had her, I think, has a small white spot on one of her pectoral fins. It is not a "spot" like in the sense that ich is, but almost rather a white "place." I originally thought that the male had nipped her because of the small quarters, and the fin was just healing, but it has still yet to go away. It didn't spread anywhere else and the other one had nothing like it. I had put in some fungus eliminator, in the event that it was something like that, and got no results.

So, should I just chalk it up to a natural marking or a fin that was ripped and healed with a white spot where the tear was? I wanna throw her in with the male in the fifty five so that I can clear the quarantine tank...and she's all bumming without him...
 

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hmm...im no expert but if you treated it...and nothing happened, its been awhile and it hasn't gotten WORSE then maybe it did just heal with scar tissue?

Horses do that sometimes...where they were injured their coat grows back white. lol no help I know...but I know horses better than I know fish so I was just trying to make a comparison... -=walking away telling self to be quiet=-
 

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Well...is she hurting anything by herself? Might as well leave her in there for awhile with the warmer temperature and whatever meds just to make sure it won't get bigger or smaller and say in a few days or a week if nothing has changed put her back in the tank??

Horses are great...yes a TON of work, but more fun work IMO than being in a cubicle in an office. If I had my way I'd have a ranch with some horses and some dogs (my dog just tried to eat a magazine salesman...it was great!) and some other assorted farm animals and work from home with a whole bunch of fishtanks all over my house and especially in my office! ....that would just be my ultimate dream.
 

Leopardess

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well, the medication has been in for the three weeks that she has...and she's in the q.tine tank and I want to start another cycle of quarantined fish so that I can finally stock the darn 55! :)


Ultimate dream...Mine is (and it WILL happen) to have a reserve for neglected/abused/confiscated/unfit to be released into the wild animals. Primarily big cats (no surprise), but on the side I'd aslo have horses, exotic animals, goats, llamas, wolves, birds, etc etc etc. You name it! Maybe some primates...THEN, of course, all of my fishies! :) :) :) ahhhhh, sigh.......
 

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I'd say its probably her markings. If you noticed it when you first got her then more than likely its just part of her :)

We have always wanted to live on a farm or somewhere with a lot of land.. (fenced in of course) so all our animals can roam.. I'd get some more dogs and maybe a cat lol. (we have four dogs now) I'd love to be one of those people who take in animals waiting to be adopted.. That is how we got two of our dogs.

Angie
 

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well HEY lol thats great, glad to share brain cells :) Just don't blame it on me if something horrible happens and the white spot explodes or something!!! I would feel terrible....

Edit: Of course I'll feel horrible either way, didn't mean to make it sound like I'd only feel terrible if you blamed it on me LOL Did one of those "OH I didn't mean to say that" doubletakes after I posted it ;)
 

Leopardess

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HAHA. NO problem froggy - I know you didn't mean it mean...too many means;)

You know, I can't recall if you have answered any of the posts I've had recently...but with my luck it wouldn't be the spot that explodes...it would be THE FISH :(!

BUT, if something bad does happen, I may just have to add a disclaimer in my signature that says "don't take advice from froggy!"....lol...jk...maybe;)

and any time you have brain cells to share, I'll take some:)
 

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