flicking....?

[BOD]

all my fish in one particular tank keep flicking themselves of objects..but i cant see no sign of ich...wot could it be or should i just treat them for it?

 

[WILDER]

No as some other parasites can cause this, do the gill look red and inflamed, and are they heavy breathing, also are they covered in a gold dusting.

 

[BOD]

i had a suspicion one had velvet..but i wasnt sure..and i cant tell on the others cos they are goldy colord!!! but no red gills and no heavy breathing..

 

[WILDER]

That's one ticked off then gill flukes,take a look here.
http/www.mushi.petfish.net/velvet.html

 

[BOD]

a look where?

 

[WILDER]

Sorry had to copy and paste it's above.

 

[BOD]

i take it it applies to ther fish rather than betta...mine doesnt really look like that thou...one black...and he looks sorta shinyish on his scales...sorta greyish...silvery/tad goldish (lol)

 

[WILDER]

Like a slimey grey patch, is water quality good, as slime shiny patches can be parasite or bacterial

 

[BOD]

yea its fine....thats wot i dont understand......how? and he recently moved homes with these new fish and in the past few days they started flicking..

 

[silver]

You could treat with Coppersafe......

Some don't like it at all, but I have had good luck with it, just don't use it full strength on scaleless fish like loaches, ect. And if you have plants they could get stunted as well.

I use it quite often and it seems to be very gentle on fish that tend to be very sensitive...

 

[WILDER]

http/www.newforestkoi.co.uk/disease.html
http/ukdiscus.co.uk/microscope.htm

 

[BOD]

riiite im confused now what shall i treat it for then...whats it most likely to be...

 

[WILDER]

If you have no scaless fish try salt and turn the temp up gradually to 30.

 

[BOD]

hmmm i have a garra pingi pingi whose sub-tropical thou....his max temp is 25 c

 

[WILDER]

If you thinks it's whitespot treat with a med,