My fish have a white slime on them.

SoSa 110 · 06/11/2006, 05:31 PM

My fish have developed a white slime on them not all but is starting to worry me. I have recently changed my rockwork and reinserted a few of the fish I had all very healty. Now I have a Blue tang, harlequin, clown fish, and sohal with a white slime. what is this? can it be due to teperature? ich is not apparent only on my blue tang who is getting picked on by the sohal. please any info would be appreciated all the local stores closed for the evening and I would like to get the treatment started as soon as possible. Thanks
Adrian

Sk8r · 06/11/2006, 06:11 PM

Test your water, particularly alkalinity, nitrate and ammonia.

BTTRFLYGRL · 06/12/2006, 06:40 AM

If your Blue Tang has ich, they will all get ich...I hope they are in a quarantine
How long have you had the Clown? Is it wild caught or tank raised? Brook is a possibility but saying your fish have 'white slime' is not enough to make a proper diagnosis.

Please list any other symptoms,
post a pic,
do ALL the fish have this white slime?
Are they eating?
How long have you had them?
Water paremeters?
How long has this tank been set up?
Need much more info

Also, your Sohal will continue to get more and more aggressive as it grows. They are beautiful fish but are known to terrorize their tankmates...A Hippo Tang, being one of the more peaceful Tangs, is not a suitable tankmate...neither is a Clown..Hippo needs a 6 ft tank.....a Sohal, IMO, needs a 200+ tank

06/11/2006, 05:31 PM	#1
SoSa 110 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 62	My fish have a white slime on them. My fish have developed a white slime on them not all but is starting to worry me. I have recently changed my rockwork and reinserted a few of the fish I had all very healty. Now I have a Blue tang, harlequin, clown fish, and sohal with a white slime. what is this? can it be due to teperature? ich is not apparent only on my blue tang who is getting picked on by the sohal. please any info would be appreciated all the local stores closed for the evening and I would like to get the treatment started as soon as possible. Thanks Adrian

06/11/2006, 06:11 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Test your water, particularly alkalinity, nitrate and ammonia. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/12/2006, 06:40 AM	#3
BTTRFLYGRL Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: INDY Posts: 2,857	If your Blue Tang has ich, they will all get ich...I hope they are in a quarantine How long have you had the Clown? Is it wild caught or tank raised? Brook is a possibility but saying your fish have 'white slime' is not enough to make a proper diagnosis. Please list any other symptoms, post a pic, do ALL the fish have this white slime? Are they eating? How long have you had them? Water paremeters? How long has this tank been set up? Need much more info Also, your Sohal will continue to get more and more aggressive as it grows. They are beautiful fish but are known to terrorize their tankmates...A Hippo Tang, being one of the more peaceful Tangs, is not a suitable tankmate...neither is a Clown..Hippo needs a 6 ft tank.....a Sohal, IMO, needs a 200+ tank __________________ AKA Kim Hardie.. Current Tank Info: 240 gallon FOWLR, 180 gallon reef, 55 gallon for my Dwarf Lion