Scabby Fish?

[kaitiee]

Hi, I have a tigar barb who has a red area on his body just behind his fin with white stuff coming from it under his scales... he has been bullied a lot recently by the other tigar barbs in the tank, and hasn't got much of a tail left so I have isolated him in a bag in the tank to prevent further damage. Could the while stuff be the equivalent to a scab and the red stuff just be bruising where the other fish might have been getting at him...
He is active and looks well otherwise


Also another thing When I do a water change my male angel fish bullies my femail angel fish into the corner untill a few days after the water change...I have tried pouring the water in through a tube which I hoped would stop the stress of it but he is still doing it...anything I can do?

any help would be great

 

[Blubble37]

take him out of the bag, it wont do him any good in there... put him in a net - he will at least then have water flowing around to take away the ammonia he produces... the red stuff/thing is an open wound, and the white stuff is a mucous overproduction to try and seal off the wound from infection... dont remove it as this hurts the fish...

 

[gillicous]

Hi, I have a tigar barb who has a red area on his body just behind his fin with white stuff coming from it under his scales... he has been bullied a lot recently by the other tigar barbs in the tank, and hasn't got much of a tail left so I have isolated him in a bag in the tank to prevent further damage. Could the while stuff be the equivalent to a scab and the red stuff just be bruising where the other fish might have been getting at him...
He is active and looks well otherwise


Also another thing When I do a water change my male angel fish bullies my femail angel fish into the corner untill a few days after the water change...I have tried pouring the water in through a tube which I hoped would stop the stress of it but he is still doing it...anything I can do?

any help would be great

not an expert on angels but is it bullying or is your male showing signs of trying to breed due to the changes in levels and temp.My discus always lay after a water change which sounds great but i have all females