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Fish Scales are starting to peel. any help? [message #9575]

Fri, 18 April 2008 18:32

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Registered: April 2008

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32g tank running 4 weeks. Clouded first week and then cleared up. Introduced fish every 4-5days after.
Ammonia went up about 1.5 weeks ago or so.
Aquarium store said 50% water change. I did that and ammonia was still high. Aquarium store again, they said another 50% water change. 2 days after water change my tank is getting cloudy again.

I have 2 sp.44, 3 yellow labs, and 2 purple acei.
the sp.44 are starting to have the scales peeling on their sides. the back fin on one of the is slit in several different places. i dont know what is going on; could this be caused by aggressiveness from the other fish? None of the rest have any scaling or damaged fins.

i suppose my tank still has not cycled yet either; consistently being cloudy.
the dip-stick ammonia test shows >0.5 but the liquid-drop test shows 0.5-0.75

any comments ? or advice ? If so, would appreciate it, thanks.

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