[compton ass steve]

a couple weeks back i discoved a couple of tiny tiny black bumps on my rhom. there are now a couple more and i was wondering if this was anything bad. there very small and the rhom and elongatus at my lfs have them too , a lot more of them actually. the fish seems perfectly fine, i was just wondering if they were anything bad or just normal. i cant get a picture of them at all, sorry.. thanks to anyone that can help

 

[Little Waffen]

sounds like black lice to me..get more info on it alls i know that its not bad for your fish ,just get more info on it from others good luck

 

[compton ass steve]

well if it is "black lice" then can anyone tell me how i can get rid of it, or if i can get rid of it?

 

[compton ass steve]

nobody?

 

[KRS one]

here is a pic of balck lice as for how to get rid of , rasie temp daily water changes and salt see if that helps, if not go to lfs and see what type of med they have for it'

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...=jpeg&no=1&tt=3

 

[compton ass steve]

oh they are nowhere near as horrible as that looks, theres just little tiny raised black bumps...pretty much perfectly round, i wish i could get a picture. thanks anyways

 

[psychofish]

The lice do not hurt your fish.

The best way to get rid of them is just to

let them run their course and die.

Since they pose no danger to your fish there

is no reason to medicate the water to get rid of them.

You just gotta be cool and wait.

My elong has them too

 

[psychofish]

If your fish has the same "black bumps" as mine they look like this

Click Click

as I said before just wait it out

 

[DonH]

They are not lice. They are a species of flukes that are common in wild caught fish especially piranha and silver dollars.

 

[compton ass steve]

yes it is those same black dots but there arent even close to that many, so i guess ill just wait it out...thanks

 

[NavinWithPs]

can it spread to other fish? my dentic has it and i was wondering what it was for a long time.

 

[DonH]

can it spread to other fish? my dentic has it and i was wondering what it was for a long time.

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No, it will not spread to other fish that have not already had it. This specific fluke requires another host (birds) before it can spread to fish. Bird eats infected fish, bird poops in water, parasites from poop searches for fish host.

 

[Brendan]

glad my fish doesnt have bumps