dojo loach question

[euglossa]

My friend asked me to put this out. She has a tank with 2 dojo loaches and a few platies.

The oldest dojo came with the tank about a year ago and is 5 or 6 inches, the second has been in there at least half a year and is about 2/3 the size of the first.

She says, periodically, about every few weeks to once a month she finds a large (several inches long) pinkish slimy, filmy gelatinous blob in the tank-like "pink snot"

She removes it and throws it away. The water levels are good, the fish healthy and active. She wants to know what this stuff might be.

I haven't a clue.

Ellen

 

[Corbin]

dojo's shead their skin, thats what it is.

 

[H3D]

My friend asked me to put this out. She has a tank with 2 dojo loaches and a few platies.
Ellen

What is the size and temp of the tank they are in?

 

[kuhliloach]

i nevr new that they could shed??? but now i no maybe that having a dojo loach in a ten gallon tank may be more difficult 2 take care of or clean up after than i thought.

 

[H3D]

Dojos do shed their skin and should be kept in a much larger aquarium than a 10 gallon as they can get as large as 10 inches in length.

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/weather-loach-misgurnis-anguillicaudatus