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Look into Lymphocystis.
This is sort of like a wart: it grows for a while, but does not really become rampant in the tank. Fish live for years with it. Every time I have seen it it has started at the junction of fin and body.

Ich will start with a couple of small white spots, but usually within ...

Hello, 96ghia, and welcome to LOL.
Is your tank heated? Weathers are not tropical fish, and over time, higher temps will stress them, leaving them susceptible to disease/parasites that they could normally fight off.


Yes and no. Yes, the tank has a heater, for the other fish, but its unplugged ...

I have 2 weather loaches (Bonnie and Clyde) who have been very hardy and cheerful fish.
They arrived with an old Goldfish tank we bought second hand, with goldfish removed.

Once they were transferred back into it (after a full home renovation, new gravel, live plants, filters, cycling,) despite the ...