Alright everyone, I should know this as I have been keeping cats for probably about 2 years know but this is the first time I have one in a tank that is bottomed with sand. I have a little 3inch ripsaw catfish (niger catfish for anyone who doesn't know if there is anyone out there that doesn't know). He's relatively dark and I have a white substrate on the bottom. It almost looks like he has ick but I was wondering if the "ick" in mind could be that he is shedding a mucus layer like the marble sailfins do sometimes and because he has sand in the bottom of the tank the sand got stuck to the mucus? Is that possible? I can't really get pics but it doesn't look like the white speckles are attached to him. It looks like they wave a bit when he moves. Thanks Guys
Ick Question?
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bit of a problem here. you cant get pics but this is something one would need to see. my only advice would be to move him to a tank without substrate or isolate the fish in the tank away from the substrate and monitor his condition closely.
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Sand can often stick to the skin of a catfish. Check out the catfish in this link. He is covered with small grains of sand that look like ich. http://nycichlids.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=16628&sid=28e827458af46432a28cd0363af6b2f7&start=10
Ich usually looks a bit different from sand, more like crumbs if you look closely. Fish would also secret much more slime mucus than usual and rub against anything, usually substrate, often; stop eating too; look stressed, "miserable" if you will. If you see these symptoms, photo is almost not needed. Otherwise, maybe a photo tank may be suggested.