White spots on larvae - normal pigmentation or infection?

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Hi, all.

Our larvae are 5 weeks old now, but one of the goldens seems a bit unwilling to eat this morning. Normally they're all ravenous. He doesn't look stressed, but he's not moving about as much as usual either and he started to develop these white spots on his tail a few days ago. I just want to be sure the two aren't related really.

Hopefully the picture's clear enough - can someone with a bit more experience with infections tell if this is just his colour starting to come through or something more sinister? If needs be, I can fridge him as a precaution, but with him being so young, I'd rather not do anything hasty.

Thanks in advance!
 

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Looks to me like it's normal colouring starting to develop. It can be quite strange to see when you first notice it but if you look closely you should be able to see that the colour is actually inside the tail and not on the outside where fungus would be. Hope it starts eating again soon.


Regards Neil
 
Thanks, Neil.

Good to know it's normal, he's eaten some daphnia now, so looks like all's okay :)
 
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