I am just curious if anyone has pictures of what it looks like when a fish is going through a period of head growth.

I have the cutest little ranchu, shes orange and her name is April. We brought her home about a 2 and a half weeks ago and she seems to be doing well.

However, a few days ago or so we noticed that her head had some white "fuzz" on it, almost like she had dry skin. we spoke to someone over the phone and they told us that this is what happens when their heads begin to grow.

I have been watching her head and it seems to be getting progressively worse, (we have an antibacterial medication in the tank for other reasons) but I just want to double check and see what is going on.

Ammonia and Nitrite are zero, nitrate is unknown, pH is 7.5 and other than a brown algae bloom things are looking great. 1/3 Water change is going to occur this coming weekend.

Anyway, like i said, any pictures, comments or information is greatly appreciated.

Thankyou.

I would describe the headgrowth phase as little tufts of white lodged down in the headgrowth. These seem to get kind of stringy and then disappear. They usually disappear in four or five days.

How is your fish now?

She looks almost like she has dry skin all on her head and body. My biggest fear is that she is suffering from sort of fungus on her body. Its been a couple of days now and I dont know what to do. I was going to treat her with an anti-fungal medicine by tomorrow if she doesnt seem to be doing any better. Shes swimming around fine and I have noticed that she is eating some brown algae that is on one of the fake plants in the tank.

I hope this hasn't caused the problem.

Should I wait to add the anti-fungus medication?
I need to go to petsmart to get some, what do you recommend?