HELP! Slimecoat gone?

[Armored_delhezi]

Yesterday 2 of my fish(Delhezi & Chocolate cichlid) does look good so I isolate them immediately... But my chocolate died ... My delhezi is still sick and I don't know what to do... I need help...

Their head and eyes turn to color white and when I touched my delhezi's head it was rough! It seems that it's slimecoat was gone!!! What will I'm going to do I need your help!!!

 

[Armored_delhezi]

Well... My delhezi just died... I just want to know What should have I done to save him?

 

[GarNiac]

sorri for the loss dude,
I would definitely check the tank first to see if anything gone wrong,
but all I could say at this point is that I never mix my bichirs with other fish in the tank, lower the risk of losing another bichirs; if anything happen to one of my bichirs I would separate it from the rest and just making sure that the waters are OK, and also making sure that food always available for the bichirs without hunting, therefore there are more chances for healing

 

[beblondie]

I'm guessing a bacterial infection

 

[Armored_delhezi]

What should I do with bacterial infection? and What are the possibilities that can cause those... Should I treat the remaining bichirs?

 

[Red tail catking]

What should I do with bacterial infection? and What are the possibilities that can cause those... Should I treat the remaining bichirs?

You should treat bacterial infections with the basic put salt in the tank do water changes, and raise temp. What causes bacterial infections most of the time is poor water quality. But they can also get it from other fish like if you put in a new fish without quarantining it first and it had bacterial infections already. I would do a large water change with the other bichirs but unless you see signs of sickness or infection I wouldn't treat the others.

 

[Armored_delhezi]

Thanks man... I think it came from one of my plant... When I put that plant out its rotting...