Weird things on Pima's body

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GinBlack

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May 15, 2009
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Hey guys I am at a loss now, hope someone can help. My Arapaima baby has this weird swiggly thing on his body, looks like worms but they don't move like worms, sort of like...I don't know like he's shedding! He is really lethargic and his pectoral fins seemed clamped to his body. I checked water params, 0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia PH 6.5. The water temp is 80. I attached a pic for you guys to see. pic is from my phone so sorry for the quality.

sick pai.jpg

sick pai.jpg
 
cant tell from pic but symptoms of a chemical in there. sounds like he is being poisoned and losing slime coat
 
cleaning to remove chemicals? add fresh carbon. keep changing carbon for a couple days and do wc. do any big cleaning near the tank or any way for chemicals to enter the tank?
 
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