Skin peeling
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That doesn't sound very good. Could you possibly post a picture of the affected fish? What kind fo fish is it?
What are your parameters: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, temperature, and if possible the gh and kh, and what kind of testing equipment do you use, liquid or test strips?
I used to use the strips until I learned here on AC that they are very unreliable and give incorrect results most of the time.
It sounds a bit like the effects of ammonia to me... but I'm not sure, without the params and/or pictures.
Could you tell ua a little more about your tank.
How long set up? What size? How many occupants and what kinds? What kind of filtration? Plants or plastic? Substrate?
You do daily water changes; how much water do you remove and replace each time?
What is your maintenance of the filter?
What kind of water conditioner? Testing equipment (oops I already asked that)
Any new fish added recently?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but the answers may help us figure this out.
I used to use the strips until I learned here on AC that they are very unreliable and give incorrect results most of the time.
It sounds a bit like the effects of ammonia to me... but I'm not sure, without the params and/or pictures.
Could you tell ua a little more about your tank.
How long set up? What size? How many occupants and what kinds? What kind of filtration? Plants or plastic? Substrate?
You do daily water changes; how much water do you remove and replace each time?
What is your maintenance of the filter?
What kind of water conditioner? Testing equipment (oops I already asked that)
Any new fish added recently?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but the answers may help us figure this out.
29g sand, fluval 305 and ac50, live plants, 78*. set up for a year
1 large angelfish-infected
1 pearl gourami-not infected
5 harlequin rasboras -infected
5 glowlight tetras- only a couple infected
had 8 kuhli loaches both black and reg. found a few reg ones dead so far.
also had 2 clown plecos both were found stiff as a board a few days ago on the sand fins were damaged and looked like slime coat was pealing on those also.
I have a api test kit the chemical one. everything has been stable. ive been doing atleast 75% water changes for the past few days since i noticed the plecos had died.
I added a few black kuhlis a few weeks ago and they are healthy as can be so far, they where quarantined for 2 weeks (thinkin that was not enough) as that is the only new fish.
1 large angelfish-infected
1 pearl gourami-not infected
5 harlequin rasboras -infected
5 glowlight tetras- only a couple infected
had 8 kuhli loaches both black and reg. found a few reg ones dead so far.
also had 2 clown plecos both were found stiff as a board a few days ago on the sand fins were damaged and looked like slime coat was pealing on those also.
I have a api test kit the chemical one. everything has been stable. ive been doing atleast 75% water changes for the past few days since i noticed the plecos had died.
I added a few black kuhlis a few weeks ago and they are healthy as can be so far, they where quarantined for 2 weeks (thinkin that was not enough) as that is the only new fish.