Ok guys and gals, help me out here. I have 8 dime Angels I got from some friends and they are in my 15 Gallon Tank atm. They are eating ok and the Water condition is fine for Angels, 6.5 PH , a bit high but not THAT big of a problem. I do a water change ever other day about 20 %.

Now I have notice, not just 1 but 3 or 4 of them looked like they were shedding skin? I don't have a great cam but I will try to upload some of the pics. But do you guys think it's a disease or normal for growing Angel Fish?

disease, angel no matter what size do not shed skin. are you aging the water or going straight from the tap when doing your water changes...

anything else going on in the tank. what are you feeding the fry/ angelfish?

http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm

I feed the fry live Brine Shrimp and Frozen ones.

I age the water with prime for about 24 hours before I put water in, about 2.2 gallons.

I just took out the carbon is ALL my tanks and replaced them with good bio filters.

I think it's some kinda of fungus tho I wasn't sure.

No fish do not shed.

Are you rinsing the brine well or is salt getting in the tank? Be sure to rinse the brine really well.

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It's all the white little lines from the dorsal fins down to the belly area....

that looks alot like excess slim coating on them to me.

Yes it's slime. Check all your water perimeters including salinity. You may have salt in the water from the brine. Try feeding First Bites for awhile and back off the BS.

Definitely slime! If its coming off, that could be a bad sign. Slime is a protective coating ...

It's not " normal for growing angelfish " I would go towards changing water with pretreated or conditioned water. Fish normaly don't produce excess slime unless water problems.

as recommend lay of the brine shrimp, and feed first bites which can be found at petco and pet smart. I might even have some laying around I will see if I can find it.

it's also good to see you are aging the water. also keep up with the water changes.

also just because you have clear water doesn't mean it's good water... remember to test the water regularly .

The tank was cycled wasn't it?