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loach & illness

23 14:27:50

Question
Hi,
my loach's have not been very active for the past 3 days and when i checked them this morning I have noticed they have a almost slime coating over them the coating looks like it has white bits in also,
upon checking my other fish my 2 sharks also seem to have this over one side, What can I do?  

Answer
Without pictures, it sounds like it might be fungus.  You can e-mail a picture to me at abbeys.mom@hotmail.com
You will need to research fish diseases to see if you can find which one it is, then treat for it.  Here's a good site with pictures of ick and other illnesses.
http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html