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What is it? Could it be he is being beat up? It kinda of looks like blood. He appears to be healthy and is eating. Am a little unsure.

What else is in the tank? Could we also have more info about your tank size, filtrtaion, and all of the water peramiters.

This will help in giving you a quick and accurate answer.

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Sorry my cable/internet has been out for 2 days, and my bala is getting worse. He has a little bit of white on his back could this be Ick? This is a 60 gallon tank.

Hi Tara,
blood at the base of the fins is a good sign
of a disease called Hemmoraghic Septicemia in fish.
It sometimes fades away on its own, sometimes it gets worse and kills the fish.
Often, Hemmorhagic septicemia is brought on by
either poor water conditions, cramped tanks, too small
tanks, overstocking, or even a combination of all or some of these.
I have found the best treatment for this is a gram negative antibiotic, such as Maracyn 2 or Furan 2.

Anyway, to be sure about whats going on,
you need to post the following information as
accurately as possible:
Tank Size:
Testings for Ammonia:
NitrItes:
NitrAtes:
Ph:
Filtration:
Tank Mates:
Live Plants or Fake:
Water Change Schedule how often and how much:
How long has the tank been set up:

It seems like a lot of questions, but these
are essential is assisting us with proper treatment,
cause of the disease, and what disease it is.


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Tank Size:60 gallons
Testings for Ammonia:n/a
NitrItes:n/a
NitrAtes:n/a
Ph:6.5-7
Filtrationenguin 110. I aslo have a smaller filter running. And a underground filter ( however I am not sure it is working)
Tank Mates:
1 Large Angel aprox 5inch
2 Balas 1 5inch, 1 4inch
1 Giant Diano 4inch
2 1inch Powder Guramis (sp)
1 .5 inch tetra not sure of tyoe
1 1inch Black Widow Tetra
1 Rainbow Shark
Live Plants or Fake:Live
Water Change Schedule how often and how much: 1/8 tank every 2 weeks
How long has the tank been set up:1 month

I do not have testing ability for the nitrates or amonia, but I was looking it my fish box and it looks like I have some amonia remover ( i am not sure how old it is though)

Hi there,
Your tank is really new, with a huge bioload in it,
its probably still cycling.
You should definitely consider buying a test kit,
master test kits include ammonia and nitrItes and
ph and gh, and usually run about 20 dollars. Then a seperate nitrAtes test will run about 10 dollars.
During the cycle, fish produce pee and poop that becomes
ammonia.Ammonia is extremely hazardous to fish, even in such small amounts of 0.5ppm. A type of nitrifying bacteria grows that transforms this ammonia into NitrItes. This is very harmful to the fish, and can cause severe burns and
the illness youre seeing. After a while, another type of
nitrifying bacteria grows to use up the nitrItes, and turns them into NitrAtes, the least harmful of the three.

During cycling, you want to keep the tanks bioload very low, and do water changes 2x weekly to keep the ammonia down. This slows the cycling process but saves the fishes lives.
Ammonia and NitrItes can both be lethal to fish.
I would suggest testing your water asap, even if it means taking a sample to an LFS for testing.
I would definitely suggest startng to increase your water change schedule, to at least once a week, and then finding out what your Ammonia and NitrItes are like.
You may need to do small daily water changes to save your fish.

Also, 60g is not really big enough for Bala sharks.
They can grow to 14-16 inches and need a minimum of an
8 foot long tank. They grow about 6-8 inches per year in
a suitable tank.

Good Luck, and get that water changed and tested!




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