okay, on my wolf fish (mala, so common wolf) on the left gill it almost looks like a small portion of his "skin peeled back and eventually fell off(last i knew the other day it was hanging and now it fell off)it also looks like it took off a layer off fat/muslce w.e is directly under the outter skin for the gill. i didn't think it'd be from him scraping anything since he has been in the same tank setup for almost a year now.
help asap scales peeling?
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which i wasn't sure if this was cause of my lack of keeping up on matience, here recently since i have been pulling in crazy hours at work so all my free time went out the window, cause i noticed a growth of algae in the tank so starting to tare the tanke all apart and completly over haul it and hope it works out for me. but what are good ways to get rid of algae as well? i have scrubbed the lid got all that off of there gonna start doing a 25 perecent water change in a few taking out the two fake plants out for good now and gonna leave him in there with just the log thing i have had in there for ever now.
Good maintained is the key, there are many reasons for algae, to much light or direct sun light can cause it aswell a nutrients in the water. Have you got brown or green algae? Brown will be a good sign of excessive nutrients
key stuff to exactly look for or like a idea? cause thisis the first time i have really had a fish this long normally have traded them or something, also taking all the rocks out of the bottom so it can be completely clean it was greenish/brown if that makes sense i hope? but i know when i started removing some of the rocks (i never realized i had about a inch of gravel) it became apparent how much of the waste that the mala produced i wasn't getting.so i am planning on switching to pool sand when the pool stores open up, but for now tanks gonna end up grave-less.
Just because you have algae growth doesn't neccasarly mean dirty tank. You need to vacum your gravel bed at least once a month. Algae growth is a sign of a healthy tank. Bristlenose plecos are great for cleaning algae.
Brown "Algae" is not flora it's bacteria known as Diatoms - cause excess silicates from using commercial grade sand + phosphates from tapwater and decomp. Green Algae is phosphates, C02 from inadequete water flow, and nitrogen gas created via the cycle. None of which I'd say = healthy tank.
Too bad I missed OP - scale loss is usually caused by Chlorine, Ammonia, and/or Over expossure to meds. All of which are poor maintence issues.
Too bad I missed OP - scale loss is usually caused by Chlorine, Ammonia, and/or Over expossure to meds. All of which are poor maintence issues.