What is wrong with the warmouth
I have had this warmouth for about 2 years now, he is about 8-9 long
About every two months he seems to have slime coat issues (this has gone on for about a year). It is kind of milky white on his head and back and clumpy looking. It will look like that for about 2-3 days and then be fine for a about 6 weeks or so. it also seems like the clumpy slime coat does not stay on the fish very long. No other fish in the tank has this problem. He does not seem to be bothered by it, no rubbing on tank walls or structure or anything like that. It is not itch (I have seen it before, and no other fish has it.)
What do you think?
Here are tank specs and water parameters
75 gal
Eheim pro II canister filter
Drip system with charcoal filter (changed about every 3 months), drips 84 gal per week (.5 gal per hour)
Reverse under gravel filter pushed by mag 5
there are some java ferns in the tank, no other plants
Water prams:
Ph = 6.6 (tap is 6.8-7.0 24h out of tap)
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 3-5
I generally do a gravel wash once a month, but there is almost nothing in it, so i skip sometimes
I have been feeding a good brand of floating food for the last year, (I have a big bag of it)
I generally feed the fish every other day.
Tank mates
1 BlueGill 4
2 sleeper gobies 4-5
1 bullhead catfish 4-5
There was a madtom in the tank but I have not seen it in a while.
I will post a pict when the wife returns with my camera
Thanks guys
I have had this warmouth for about 2 years now, he is about 8-9 long
About every two months he seems to have slime coat issues (this has gone on for about a year). It is kind of milky white on his head and back and clumpy looking. It will look like that for about 2-3 days and then be fine for a about 6 weeks or so. it also seems like the clumpy slime coat does not stay on the fish very long. No other fish in the tank has this problem. He does not seem to be bothered by it, no rubbing on tank walls or structure or anything like that. It is not itch (I have seen it before, and no other fish has it.)
What do you think?
Here are tank specs and water parameters
75 gal
Eheim pro II canister filter
Drip system with charcoal filter (changed about every 3 months), drips 84 gal per week (.5 gal per hour)
Reverse under gravel filter pushed by mag 5
there are some java ferns in the tank, no other plants
Water prams:
Ph = 6.6 (tap is 6.8-7.0 24h out of tap)
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 3-5
I generally do a gravel wash once a month, but there is almost nothing in it, so i skip sometimes
I have been feeding a good brand of floating food for the last year, (I have a big bag of it)
I generally feed the fish every other day.
Tank mates
1 BlueGill 4
2 sleeper gobies 4-5
1 bullhead catfish 4-5
There was a madtom in the tank but I have not seen it in a while.
I will post a pict when the wife returns with my camera
Thanks guys
