"White Spots" on my Weather Loach: What might this
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:02 pm
I recently purchased two new Weather Loaches (both from the same store; same tank). The tank conditions were quite poor, however they both seemed perfectly fine when I bought them, and for the forthcoming week or so. About six days ago I lost one of my little guys, due to what appeared to be some sort of body fungus/ich as well as fin/tail rot, loss of appetite, and decreased movement. (Laying on his side; often upsidedown).
Before I could even fully get over the loss of my little "dustmop", I began to notice similar white spots emerging on my other new Weather Loach. I moved him into a Q Tank, so as not to risk spreading parasites to my other fish/loaches. It has been nearly 24 hours since he has been in his hospital tank, and I have added a little "Melafix" to the water as it is Herbal, and will not cause further problems (with loaches being sensitive to medications) and I also partially changed his water when I returned home this afternoon.
These few pictures (Though now I am not too sure I even know how to post them properly,) are of what my Loach looked like when I got him, and what he looks like now. They are kind of hard to see... the second two pictures are when I moved him into a glass bowl to take the pictures. That's why thay aren't the best... I just didn't want to stress him.
ANY suggestions as to what this may be, how to treat it properly, etc, will be GREATLY appreciated. I do not want to lose a second Loach in under one month.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach1.jpg
[When he first came home]
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach2.jpg
[Kind of hard to see. But I posted it because one of the spots on his back is quite visible.]
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach3.jpg
[This one is probably the "best" one I have...]
These are the links to the images... if they don't work, I will try again.
Thank you for taking the time to read/look.
Alyssa
Before I could even fully get over the loss of my little "dustmop", I began to notice similar white spots emerging on my other new Weather Loach. I moved him into a Q Tank, so as not to risk spreading parasites to my other fish/loaches. It has been nearly 24 hours since he has been in his hospital tank, and I have added a little "Melafix" to the water as it is Herbal, and will not cause further problems (with loaches being sensitive to medications) and I also partially changed his water when I returned home this afternoon.
These few pictures (Though now I am not too sure I even know how to post them properly,) are of what my Loach looked like when I got him, and what he looks like now. They are kind of hard to see... the second two pictures are when I moved him into a glass bowl to take the pictures. That's why thay aren't the best... I just didn't want to stress him.
ANY suggestions as to what this may be, how to treat it properly, etc, will be GREATLY appreciated. I do not want to lose a second Loach in under one month.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach1.jpg
[When he first came home]
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach2.jpg
[Kind of hard to see. But I posted it because one of the spots on his back is quite visible.]
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa15 ... loach3.jpg
[This one is probably the "best" one I have...]
These are the links to the images... if they don't work, I will try again.
Thank you for taking the time to read/look.
Alyssa