PLEASE HELP

Pepperoni · Post by **Pepperoni** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:27 pm

I have just started a major clean on my 300L Fishtank. When I removed my fish I noticed 2 of my clown loaches had algae GROWING OUT UNDER THEIR EYE. Im not sure what to do and I'm scared for their health.

Pepperoni · Post by **Pepperoni** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:30 pm

Ok swimming around in their temp tank it seems from one of the fish the algae has dislodged, maybe its stuck in their gills?

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:16 pm

Clown loaches have subocular spines. Was there algae floating about before you moved them? Could be they put out their spines (as they may do when stressed from being chased by a net) and picked some up?

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:05 pm

Spines like this:

My immediate thought was the same as Shari's. They possibly extended the spines in a panic and trapped some algae when the spines retracted into the groove under the eye.
They'll probably extend the spines again once they've settled down and shake off the algae.

Martin.

mistergreen · Post by **mistergreen** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:27 am

huh. interesting .. Didn't know they had spines.

Pepperoni · Post by **Pepperoni** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:40 am

Thank you so much, the fish are fine and are sleeping ^^.

Sorry if i sounded paniced, if anything happened to my clowns I'd just die.

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