This is usually Carp Pox Carp Pox shows up as waxy whitish drops on the fishes’ skin. When fish are in ideal water quality with plenty of space and they’re at about 75-80 DF the Carp Pox simply goes away. Until the next time they’re cold or stressed. Wanna hold and heat the fish?

White Spots that Are Smaller Than Salt Grains
That’s always Ich / White Spot Disease I like SHOTGUN #1 because salt works every time. In 78 DF water it only takes 5 days. In cooler water, it may take 7-10 days. But if you have plants I like Eco Labs BSDT

White Spots in Skin Like Soft Pretzel Salt
Larger White Specks are Usually Flukes Ich looks like table salt, very small dots of white. When you see white spots that are kind of in ‘crevices’ of the face and around the gill cover, and the white spots or sort of “big” or raggedy looking, those can often be literal FLUKES that are large […]

Diseases of the Skin
Diseases of the Skin Holes in the Skin – Are bacterial infections, and may be handled according to this document, wherein you might endeavor to treat the holes in the skin with iodine and woven gauze, ensure a perfect environment and then find a way to get an antimicrobial to work in the fish. Red […]