Velvet will look like a gold dusting on a fish, yellow spots, or a rusty coloured varnish. Some corys can have golden coloured patches its there markings.
Skin and gill fluke signs are.
Opaque body with excess slime,
Pale gills with excess mucas, or red inflamed gills.
Swimming in a jerky movement.
Sores on the body of the fish.
Flicking and rubbing.
Laboured breathing, or gasping at surface of tank.
Erratic swimming.
Spitting food out.
Weightloss sometimes.
Excess slime on a fish can be bad water quality, parasites, bacterial, ph shock.
Have you added anything to the tank lately that could make the flick and rub.
Added any new fish or live plants.
The red on the fish does it look like red streakding, red edging to fins or red patches, or bleeding beneath the skin.
Lumps that suddenly appear are usually bacterial.
Lumps can be tumour, bacterial, lymthocystis.
Lumps that are hard can be tumours.
Lumps that are soft like filled with puss are bacterial. Need to issolate as if the lump bursts it can infect the tank.
Red spots that turn into a hole are bacterial.
http/www.fishyfarmacy.com/articles/aeromonas.html
Skin and gill fluke signs are.
Opaque body with excess slime,
Pale gills with excess mucas, or red inflamed gills.
Swimming in a jerky movement.
Sores on the body of the fish.
Flicking and rubbing.
Laboured breathing, or gasping at surface of tank.
Erratic swimming.
Spitting food out.
Weightloss sometimes.
Excess slime on a fish can be bad water quality, parasites, bacterial, ph shock.
Have you added anything to the tank lately that could make the flick and rub.
Added any new fish or live plants.
The red on the fish does it look like red streakding, red edging to fins or red patches, or bleeding beneath the skin.
Lumps that suddenly appear are usually bacterial.
Lumps can be tumour, bacterial, lymthocystis.
Lumps that are hard can be tumours.
Lumps that are soft like filled with puss are bacterial. Need to issolate as if the lump bursts it can infect the tank.
Red spots that turn into a hole are bacterial.
http/www.fishyfarmacy.com/articles/aeromonas.html