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Small variation in sizes and not round
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Not whitespot then. Possibly epistylis.
Epistylis is a relatively harmless protozoan that feeds on bacteria on the surface of the fish. It’s common in tanks with areas of low flow, where you’ll often find it in the glass.
If it is epistylis it means your keyholes have a bacterial skin presence. You’d need to treat with a bactericide, then the epistylis will leave the fish.

We’re they showing stress markings before or is it just now?
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The past couple of days with the colouring. If it's a protozoan, is protozin the right treatment still? There is little dots at the back of the tank below the filter outlet.
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Protozin will kill epistylis, or any other protozoan if it isn’t epistylis.
Myxazin will kill the bacterial skin ‘infection’ if it is epistylis.
I’d do P and then see if the fish need the M.
P has a bacteristat, that stalls they’re advances.
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Thank you!
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I started the protozin treatment yesterday and this is the results today
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Wow. It’s good stuff, eh?
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black ghost wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 18:12 pm Wow. It’s good stuff, eh?
The last time I used it would have been about 12 years ago when I started out. I remember it being fantastic then!
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