Pictures of Aquariums/Danio

[MandSue85]

Here is my 30 gallon that holds four danios, one gourami, a pleco, and two snails

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Here is my 10 gallon that holds one gourami, two feeder guppies and two snails

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z94/MandaSue85/007.jpg

Here is the 30 gallon gallon with the Oscar and a bunch of snails that I need to sell back to the petstore

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And here are a couple of the sick Danio, they're not very good but if you look hard you can see the white spot

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z94/MandaSue85/006.jpg

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[gothicangel69]

Could they maybe be some type of fluke or anchor worm??
Beautiful Oscar by the way. I have a red oscar in my 55 gallon, and he's starting to get pretty big, lol. How old is yours?

[MandSue85]

I dunno if its some kind of worm, I stopped by the petstore today and told the guy about it, he said it could be a tumor and that I need to cut it off...lol I don't think I will attempt that. I asked if I could take it into him and have him look at it, he said that would be fine so I might do that later today.

I've had my Oscar for about 7 months, he's not too old yet, probably a year.

[S t e p h]

Nice Tanks!

[gothicangel69]

He's almost a year old and is only that big? That's a little odd. My guy isn't even a year old yet, and already he's bigger than my entire hand. You might need to get a bigger tank for him soon. It could be that he just needs more growing space. You don't want to stunt him since it can lead to some major health problems down the line. Either that or he could just be a slow growing fish(my mother has a pleco that is TINY, but is in a huge tank (Its 2 years old now). I would still look into getting a bigger tank for the cutie though.
It might be a good idea to bring the fish in for the guy to look at, but just remember that it can stress the fish out and kill it, so think carefully about it.
I wish you luck. I hate it when my fish get sick.

[MandSue85]

Well now the white spot on my Danios head has basically turned into a hole or a crater. I didn't get around to taking him to the petstore, I don't really think it would help any though. Hopefully someone comes along and can help me out.

I'll keep ya posted, thanks for everybody's help!

[Catmakemebark]

It sounds like Hole in the Head disease. It starts out as a small whitish abrasion then turns into a small pit right above the eye. It's is a paracite that is fairly common among cichlids. It is caused by poor water quality or poor diet and can sometimes be cured by improving water conditions (large water changes) and diet. If it's not treated it will grow wider and eventually kill the fish.