My alligator gar's scales recently started turning white and spreading rapidly on top of this he stopped eating. His snout has also turned white and almost looks like its cracking its the most bizarre thing I've ever seen and can't seem to figure out what it is. Anyone else ever have a similar situation. It almost looks like hes molting (I know hes not) as ridiculous as that sounds.
Alligator Gar developing something strange... never seen this before
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You would probably get more responses by posting this in the gar forum, in the ancient fish section.
A gator gar I recently got came with a similar sounding condition. To treat bump the temp up to 82F. Do 50% waterchanges either daily or ever other day. And add some aquarium salt as per the dosing on the package.
If you could get a picture it would help as well. Could you also give some information about tank size, water parameters and tankmates, etc.
A gator gar I recently got came with a similar sounding condition. To treat bump the temp up to 82F. Do 50% waterchanges either daily or ever other day. And add some aquarium salt as per the dosing on the package.
If you could get a picture it would help as well. Could you also give some information about tank size, water parameters and tankmates, etc.
sounds like slime sloughing due to sucking from a tankmate (any plecos or synos in the tank? prochilodus?) or a bacterial infection related to it or starting from other sources. it's not ich. treat as listed above, and remove any slime-sucking tankmates. pic would solve the issue of diagnosis for sure--
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Agree with Solomon... if there is no slime-sucking fish, did the gator jump from the tank/pod recently or maybe hit the lid really hard... seems like a slime coat issue. It will be sensitive for a period but should come back fine. Just keep water clean.
