Arizzle Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I just bought some yoyo loaches. I had them in the bag and in the tank.. etc. The usual. When I came back to release them, 1 loach wasn't moving and was spitting out clear gluggy fluid. The water from the tank they came from was very smelly. Any ideas on what could be wrong? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron h Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 chocked on a load from 1 of the others perhaps. Im not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizzle Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 He seems to have recovered this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 If by smelly you mean had ammonia in it....... theres every chance it had irritated the loaches gills. In this case the fish will generate more slime coat on the gills. This can slough into the fishes throat just through the general action of it breathing. Likely you were just seeing this being coughed up. Or it could have been stress slime, or even regurgitated snail guts! Good to hear its recovering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 When i read the title sick yoyo loach i thought it meant one that looked really cool... Damn you aussi slang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
