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 Feb 27 2008, 04:15 PM
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 Fish Fanatic  Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 1-January 08 From: Plymouth Member No.: 37995  |
my mom has a tank with two puffer fish and 1 elephant nose and he has this white on his sides
any ideas on what it is??? |
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Feb 27 2008, 04:55 PM
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Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 9-November 07 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 36801 |
Spots? Fuzz? Slime? Can you be more specific? A picture would be great.
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Feb 27 2008, 05:09 PM
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 Marine version soon to be available in your local area....  Group: Members Posts: 2180 Joined: 18-June 07 From: Leeds, United Kingdom Member No.: 33046 |
Probibly flesh injories. Puffers aren't community fish and are likely to have attacked him/her. Cince elephant noses are scaless, they will have done a fair amount of damage, even if they are small. I'd advise you mum to re-home the elephant nose to a 75gal with at least five other elephants as they are a shoaling fish.
Slime or fungus is also a posiblity, but injories as a result of puffer attack is more likely IMO. HTH Rabbut |
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Feb 27 2008, 06:39 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 25-August 07 From: Colorado Member No.: 34880 |
Yep, most likely injuries caused by the puffers. They can cause some serious damage with that beak of theirs. Rabbut is spot on about everything. When my bgk got beaten up by other fish, he got white marks on his side. I think that they are probably bite marks.
Ryan |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:52 PM
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Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 1-January 08 From: Plymouth Member No.: 37995 |
thanking you ...
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