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My weather loach got ill a year or so ago and had some very nasty lumps develop on his body which eventually split the skin and a round, opaque ball shaped 'thing' came out. He was really sick and I looked for advice on here. He did get better and we had our 'eely' back. Here is a link to my previou...

I have a weather loach and a similar thing happened to him about a year ago. First he got a nasty lump and then his skin starting splitting as he was 'bloating' up. I eventually found an opaque ball shaped 'thing' had come out of him and left him with a gaping hole. We were thinking about euthanasin...

My weather loach got ill a year or so ago and had some very nasty lumps develop on his body which eventually split the skin and a round, opaque ball shaped 'thing' came out. He was really sick and I looked for advice on here. He did get better and we had our 'eely' back. Here is a link to my previou...

Wow, your fish are beautiful. They are so much more elegant than my common goldfish!! My loach still seems to be on the mend and i bought a cave ornament with plenty of holes that are small enough for him and the smaller fish to get in and hide but too small for the plec and goldfish. (I am still ye...

Well, over the last few days the weather loach has definately improved. He is back to his active self, swimming around and searching out food. I am putting some skinned peas in also as i have read that they are a delicacy for loaches and he certainly seems to like them, when he gets to them before t...

After having tested the water, the parameters of my tank are: Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 20, Ph = 6.6, Kh = 2, Gh = 12, Temperature = 19 celcius/ 70 farenheit. The loach is definately swimming around a lot more and has become a lot more active although he still has holes in his skin. Where ...

Dojosmama and redshark1, many thanks for replying. I admit, i am a very novice fish keeper and I do not regularly test the water, which i now feel awful about. I think i must have been lucky that i have not had any problems with my fish over the last 2/3 years. I change 20% of the water weekly and u...

Kayjay, thanks for your reply. All the goldfish are common goldfish, i have had them for around 3 years now and they have all grown in different stages and some fins have got bigger than others. Last night when i fed them, i watched and it looked as though the food that the loach was eating was just...

I'm not sure if those pictures work so here are the links

http://www.mypicx.com/04132011/Sick_Weather_Loach/
http://www.mypicx.com/04132011/Aquarium/

http://www.mypicx.com/04132011/Sick_Weather_Loach/ The above shows two photos of the loach 2 days ago, before the blister appeared. They show the 'split' in his skin and also the area to the right of this where the white 'lump' has appeared. The blister has come up to the left of the 'split' but my...

I have had my weather loach for about 2 years or so. He is in a 4ft tank with 6 goldfish, a plec, 6 cherry barbs and 12 zebra danios. They have all been living together happily for about a year and the tank is usually between 18 and 20 degrees. I have never had any problems with them so far but my w...