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Sun Oct 17, 2004, 12:49 PM
#1
White slime
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?
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Sun Oct 17, 2004, 02:12 PM
#2
Sounds to me like velvet disease .
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/velvet.htm
http://www.aquaculture.bz/fish-disea...t-Disease.html
I like the copper sulphate treatment for velvet.. but others may disagree.
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Mon Oct 18, 2004, 03:02 PM
#3
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...
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Thu Oct 21, 2004, 04:46 AM
#4
I've been treating them as per velvet and things seem to be improving. Thanks for advice. Will keep up to date....
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