Is this normal for Platydoras costatus?

Kostas · Post by **Kostas** » 24 Oct 2003, 08:25

Hi,
I was always wondering about the whitish tips on my platydoras costatus head which as he move seem to go away and after a while appear again.While searching the Catelog i found that other platydoras have them too.Is this normal or its an illness common to Platydoras?Here are some pictures that clearly show the white tips:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/do ... /166_3.htm
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/do ... /166_2.htm

Post by **Silurus** » 24 Oct 2003, 10:03

There's a lot of white on the head, so I'm not sure what you mean by whitish tips. But this looks like the normal situation to me.

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 24 Oct 2003, 15:15

I think, you're referring to the "sandpaperlike" structures on the head, the "granulated" skin.
It sometimes shows off more grey-whitish than other times, yes?

No worries there, mate; many dorads have similar skins (Pseudodoras niger and Pterodoras granulosus for example), and the "whitishness" of the rough skin, varies with mood, waterquality, health, about everything.

Kostas · Post by **Kostas** » 27 Oct 2003, 09:09

Hi,
Thank you very much for your replys

Very happy to hear that he is ok.