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Amazon Sword
Apologies, I forgot to mention the size, it's a 65 gallon; they'll be getting their bigger home which is going to be triple that size in a few months. An ammonia spike seems bizarre to be honest as I have a stupid amount of biological media, but perhaps that could be the case... I 've been checking for ammonia since the first day this happened , and the test keeps showing 0... Same goes for nitrite. I've been trying to photograph the bloody fin but the fish just won't cooperate. The reason I mentioned the black spots is because they have never appeared before. Any ideas on what the white spots may be? I do have a 25gallon hospital tank up and running 24/7 with a cycled sponge filter ; do you think it'd be a good idea to transfer the fish there?
P.S.: I am a bit concerned because I have seen a bit of ''itchiness'' and flicking ; this is why I perhaps mistakenly thought of ich/whitespot . Perhaps it's bacterial?