Catfish problem

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tci398

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Dec 3, 2007
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Have a marble cat that recently started having his skin peel. this happened once before but only in one spot and it quickly healed by itself before I knew it. Now it's back again and worse than before.Also this time his whiskers turned white and partially fell off. I have included a picturre of him. There is a small dovi in there with him, but I know he did not do this. There also seems to be no visible difference with the dovi. Can anyone tell me what this is and what i can do? My friend says he thinks it's parasites that only affect catfish and to try some medicine(Melefix). Is my dovi also in danger? I do water changes regularly and there is no problem with the water. Ph, ammonia and nitrite levels are good. Can anyone advise? any help would be appreciated.

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I'd really look at the dovii first. Your whole problem may start there. The dovii maybe harassing the cat, or start a little wound. Then it gets infected and becomes acute. Thus your current problem.

Almost sounds like a bacteria infection gone crazy. Catfish generally are 'scaleless' too, so treating the tank with heavy medications would be advised against.

Definately try a combo of Melafix and Pimafix at the same time. They are combineable, and will work together to help cure the fish. Moving the cat to a quarantine tank would be a great idea as well. HTHs...
 
things are going really bad for your cat
i hope you find out what it might be
and use only half of the normal dosage of meds as catfish are scaleless
 
I would definitely look at the dovi first i had a catfish exactly the same as that and when i added a clarius catfish and it only attacked it at night so i never saw it happen until i fed my megalodoras at night. the injuries were exactly the same and the whiskers did exactly that. i would definitely say it was the dovi.
 
Yeh kill the cichlid :WHOA: just kidding, but i bet the dovii is the culprit, hope your cat pulls through.:)
 
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