Slime coat questions...

[G_sharky]

Hello Guys and Gals,
I have some concern regarding some of my fish especially my large gold severum that seems to be shedding some slime everytime I do a WC. Yesterday I did some re arranging of my tank and did a 30% WC and I notice that some of my angels appear to be stress out have clamped fins and is hanging on one spot heads up to the surface. Now I talk to someone and said that it's like there's something in the water in my area and that I'm using Prime Water Conditioner. Does anybody have any problems regarding Prime and what other brand should I look into just incase I wanna switch water conditioner.....thanks...

 

[luohanfan]

best conditioner i know of is "easy life FFM"
http://www.easylife.nl/english/index.html?id=06

although i doubt prime would be causing your problem..
do you add salt to your tank ?
too much salt can cause excess slime production..

 

[RD.]

Prime is not the problem.

What you are seeing is most likely caused by dissolved gases in your water, something that is typically unavoidable in northern climates in the winter months. The gases peel the slime coat right off the fish. You will often also see small air bubbles over the surface of the tank walls etc. Some species of fish are affected far more than others.

You may want to consider ageing your water, or doing smaller more frequent water changes.