Kuhli loach help

[Iluvbloodyparrots]

It looks like there’s something on one of my loaches, and he’s trying to desperately get it off and he is swimming frantically im rlly worried

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I don't quite understand what I'm seeing in the picture. Can you describe what's on your loach?

 

[Colin_T]

Need better pictures.

BASIC FIRST AID FOR FISH
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.

Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or until the problem is identified. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.

Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.

Post clear pictures and video of the fish so we can check them for diseases.
You can upload videos to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here.

 

[Iluvbloodyparrots]

I don't quite understand what I'm seeing in the picture. Can you describe what's on your loach?

Its a big black stop and there acting rlly werird

 

[Iluvbloodyparrots]

Need better pictures.

BASIC FIRST AID FOR FISH
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.

Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or until the problem is identified. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.

Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.

Post clear pictures and video of the fish so we can check them for diseases.
You can upload videos to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here.

Its hard to them when there wormy around, is there a way to post videos?
Ill do all of them thank you ph: 7.8-8 then 0 for everything else </3

 

[WhistlingBadger]

A big black stop? Do you mean spot?

To post a video, you need to upload it to youtube (or a similar video site) then post the link.

 

[Iluvbloodyparrots]

Yes

 

[Colin_T]

The fish either has a problem with its brain (infection, virus, etc) or it has brain damage from something. If the fish isn't eating, then euthanise it because there's no treatment for brain injuries in fish.

If it is eating, then do the daily water changes and gravel cleans for a week and see if it gets better.

 

[anewbie]

Looks to me like it has an irritation and is trying to rub it off.... might be a parasite or might be something external that it can rub off.