I have looked at Black Ick along with a few other types of diseases but there are a few points that are directing me away from thinking this is the problem. One would be that the perc does not and has never had this and that it would also not explain away the bloating which is the biggest/most obvious problem. It's hard to explain but the spots she has are hard to describe because they aren't really *black* they are more just dark spots and they are about the size of a grain of sugar.
Considering how long she has had this bloating (which we assumed was just her getting fat) and how much it has grown leads me away from thinking it's anything other than an internal parasite or tumor. I was also thinking it could be
Amyloodiniosis
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...loodinium.html
but she doesn't display all those symtomps either. I'm a little hesistant to start using meds because all of these disease call for difference treatments and which would I use?
Thanks for the responses, I'll keep looking in here and at her and let you know how it goes.