Dark Spots on A. Borellii

[natrickshwaxey]

Hello all,
I'm just trying to get an idea of what this dark pigmentation might be. He otherwise acts and eats normally. Temp is set at 75 F and water is changed weekly, PH of around 7.5. He had a mate in the tank, but she vanished.. not sure on that one. Thanks!

 

[rasmusW]

It looks like the “black spots disease”.
Its a parasite infects the scale (and maybe skin, not sure).
It’s not harmful to the fish and as far as i could read, there is no treatment for it.
It won’t carry on to potential fry, as far as i know.
I’m no expert.

-r

 

[natrickshwaxey]

@rasmusW Thanks for the response. That was all I could come up with as well. Since this ones mate seems to have passed I'm toying with the idea of just moving him over to my community, but I don't want to bring anything contagious with him.