What is this?

[davcheng]

I noticed that my palmas polli had this white stuff on him, and at first I thought it was just a few lost scales.... now he has it all over his body, and I'm still not ruling out missing scales, but its getting a bit freaky. All the other fish bolt just as much as he does when I get near sometimes, but none of them have the same thing. He still eats well, and doesn't seem bothered... but I just want to know if its a disease or something that I should get fixed. Here are some pictures:

 

[smpage]

Do you have a pleco in the tank?

 

[dbcb314]

kinda looks like he is missing slime coat...

tankmates??

 

[beblondie]

I'm not speculating till i see a better picture.The pictures posted are to dark -Anne

 

[Andri Pogo]

same thought as smpage. Do you have a pleco? it happened to me when i had a big bristlenose in the tank.

 

[Hao]

pleco/suckers

 

[davcheng]

Don't have a pleco in the tank, tank mates are just other polys and a bgk.

And yeah I realize its kind of dark, but the polli likes to stay in the back of the tank, esp when I'm here.

 

[jlnguyen74]

pleco/suckers

Don't have a pleco in the tank, tank mates are just other polys and a bgk.

And yeah I realize its kind of dark, but the polli likes to stay in the back of the tank, esp when I'm here.

Just like Beblondie said, better picture could help us to tell what happens, but I think he may have some type of worm-like parasite (skin flukes)