slime is coming off my catfish??

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heatha

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My catfish seems to be shedding its slime lol. should i be worried? I think its a stripped raphael but im not sure i got it from a friend.... sorry pics are bad quality i had to use my phone but the top one you can see it on the end of his tail thats sticking out of the side of that cave (the end of his tail is at the top of the cave) and the next one some floating next to him. i just put ick medication in too

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I've only seen my RTC shedding slime twice. The first was when I haven't done water changes for quite some time. And the second, was when I introduced a much larger fish to its tank. Must have been frightened by it since it was "climbing the tank" the whole time. Haven't seen it shedding since I've been doing water changes and removed its tank mate. I guess the shedding was due to stress.
 
are u shure its not shedding mucus
 
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