White patch on glass catfish.How do I treat?

meow91

meow91

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One of my 5 glass cats has two white patches on its side. I know its not ich. It looks like a patch of his transparent is cloudy. I have been treating for 3 days with malafix and Primafix. No changes.
Does anyone know what it is and how to treat???
Thanks:help:
 
do you find that these fish are hard to keep alive i have had maybe 6 in the past year and just 2 left now
 
chaibill said:
do you find that these fish are hard to keep alive i ,pcs have had maybe 6 in the past year and just 2 left now
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I have had 2 for about 6 months in a community tank and so far they seem to be Ok. When I added Discus thhey did however go into hiding(in a building) and only come out when its feeding time.Before the Discus were added they still hid in the plants,but were at least somewhat visable.

meow91,pics would be helpful.
 
I can't get a good picture. I am not good at taking pics of my fish yet. Still learning that trick. Its not cottony, its just like the transparent turns cloudy.
 
Sounds like the fish are stressed... or dying.
There's an unidentified tie between the white patches you see and the fish being stressed or dying. Some believe that whatever causes the fish to be transparent will cease to work as the fish is dying. None of this, however, has been proven.

Just my 2 cents.
 
electromen said:
Some believe that whatever causes the fish to be transparent will cease to work as the fish is dying. None of this, however, has been proven.
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Well, I don't know about proving why, but they certainly do loose the transparency when they die, as well as when stressed (to a lesser degree).

If their body just looks white, cloudy and milky, it could be this. But if it's a distinct "patch" area it is probably something else.
 
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