Unusual patches on senegal bichirs

[Hendre]

Hey all.

My two sens Nibblet and Toothless have been getting covered in lighter patches lately and it's really unusual, Nitrogens are normal (0, 0, <20) and no aggression from them or tankmates has been observed. Anyone have a clue as to what they are doing?



Thanks,
Hendre

 

[BichirKing]

do you have a pleco?

 

[Hendre]

do you have a pleco?

Nope. Tankmates are a Synodontis eupterus, one rope, one African knife and a snakeskin gourami

 

[BichirKing]

looked like pleco sucking off the slime coat, well i'm along for the ride since I've never seen this.

 

[kno4te]

Bichirs worms maybe? They had it prior right Hendre ?

 

[Hendre]

Bichirs worms maybe? They had it prior right Hendre ?

That was my first thought, but I could not see anything on them.

 

[islandguy11]

Hope they get better Hendre -- Polyaddict86 ?

 

[jaws7777]

Looks like bichir worms... or at least the damage they cause

 

[jaws7777]

Looking at the pics again im second guessing the bichir worms. Id remove both fish just to see if its a result in slime coat sucking or aggression.


Vancouver_98683

 

[Hendre]

There are no worms, when they looked like this the Cb fish was absolutely coated. I watched this tank for a good hour before and after lights off and no sucking or biting happening, just nudging and floating around.