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Your fish has tiny white dots like grains of salt on its fins. What is a likely cause?

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  1. Too much aquarium light
  2. Normal new scales growing
  3. Ich, a skin parasite

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References

  1. UF/IFAS EDIS: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (White Spot) Infections in Fish ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FA006 Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. UF/IFAS EDIS: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (White Spot) Infections in Fish ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FA006 Checked 2026-10-11.
  3. UF/IFAS EDIS: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (White Spot) Infections in Fish ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FA006 Checked 2026-10-11.

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