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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

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.

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.

Hi,
Thank you very much for your replys
Very happy to hear that he is ok.