RTBShark Scale question

[leongreenway]

Long time no speak. Can anyone help me out.

My Redtailed Black shark, seems to have scales missing, or different colour scales in a few very small patches on each of its sides. I havent thought much about it cos, sometimes you see em sometimes you dont ?

he swam past me today and its under belly seems to have the same problem but there seems more there.

is he a she, cos i heard they have a grey belly, problem is it looks too patchy.

Any ideas, is it a condition or is he getting it through the scirmishes he has with my Black Calvus and Red Zebra Cichlid?

Lonster

 

[WILDER]

What colour are he patches are they abit fluffy in appearance, any flicking and rubbing on objects, or heavy breathing.

 

[leongreenway]

No, theres none of that, they really just look either grey or missing.

Apart from that he is tip top condition and happy as you like !!

 

[WILDER]

If the scales are going grey can mean a couple of things a bacteria infection or parasite, is it also grey around the scale edging.

 

[WILDER]

Need some more info on tank size in gallons and water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph, how many fish and which type, you can also lose scales with this..


http/www.nippyfish.net/flexibacter.html