White slime

[fatboy]

I was wondering if you can help me out with my fish

I have 3x 2" red melons in my tank they have been unwell for 1½ weeks now. At fish there were just depressed and didn't eat, sat at bottom. The last few days they have developed a white film (mucus like) all over the body and fins. The slime coagulates and kind of peels off but doesn't. I don't think this is fungus. They are not very hungry..... :?

I have completed a course of metronidazole and praziquantel....doesn't seem to have helped.

I've checked the water parameters and temperature and there isn't a problem there.

Any clues?

[kevkoi]

Sounds to me like velvet disease :?.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/velvet.htm
http://www.aquaculture.bz/fish-disease/Velvet-Disease.html

I like the copper sulphate treatment for velvet.. but others may disagree.

[fatboy]

So anyway will trisulfa tablets work? i have that in stock at the moment. don't know where to get the copper sulphate.

the multicure also says it covers velvet?

i don't seem to see 'gold/brown' lesions and the slime is definitely 'single' and not confluent of individual lesions....

really driving me crazy...almost two weeks...

[fatboy]

I've been treating them as per velvet and things seem to be improving. Thanks for advice. Will keep up to date....