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Thanks Diana for the reply and sorry for the delay in reply, I've been keeping an eye on all the loaches doesn't appear to be a parasite as none have died, hasn't spread etc. to the other loaches or any other breeds of fish. I think you might of been right about the slime coat I added a treatment I ...

Hi all just fed my CL's tonight and I've noticed on my smallest loach that it has what could be external worms or parasites?, not to sure if they are or not they flap / wave about when the CL swims about and are slightly bigger in thickness than a head hair and are about 2mm or less in length and ...

Diana wrote:Keep up the treatment.

Do you have a test for ammonia?

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wilsonho wrote:How have these two fishes been?
Are they OK?

They seem to be fine both eating swimming around etc. where as the other loach wasn't

Thanks for the info Diana, yes I have a ammonia test kit I'll test that tonight and post the results I tested that about a week ago and all seemed fine, I'll continue the treatment thanks for the advice, I will also buy myself a TDS tester off of eBay or the LFS.


Thanks,

AJ.

My tank is now 1 less Loach, I'm afraid to say he didn't make it.

I bought some Sterazin from Waterlife off of the net and started using it Saturday, it's all I could find that is treatment that includes worms which I what I think causes Skinny / CWS, whether the stuff is any good or not, not to ...

AJ,
I never said that you should add salt. I was just wondering if anything was added to the water, like salt. Salt is a no no under normal conditions.

I might not be able to answer any questions Today because I'll be leaving soon, but maybe someone else will be able to help.

You never did ...

Are you new to fish keeping?

I'd guess that they suffered from osmotic shock when you changed the water when you 1st got them. Fish that survive osmotic shock sometimes end up with bacterial problems, slimecoat problems, and fin/scale damage.

Are you adding anything to water, like salt?

Try ...

First of all I'm new here so hi all and greetings from England.

I've taken on my fathers fish tank because it went into a horrible state because he wasn't looking after it.

All that were left were 2 clown loaches and what I assume to be a golden or bi colour alage eater, I moved these to a ...