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I noticed this whiteness on my Mandrin a few days ago and I finally got a good picture. What is this?
 

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Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.
 
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Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.
I thought the pictures posts. Whoops. Is that what the mucus looks like? It is about 4 hours or so after the light came on.

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@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills? :eek:
 
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@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills? :eek:
Sometimes the sand gets clumpy and sticks to the back of snails and looks like that, but I don’t know if it is clumpy sand or a growth of some kind.
 

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I always thought that Mandrin were unable to get infections. But good read! I will see if I can catch him possibly and see if I can get it to go away.

Mandarins are more disease resistant, but it is not impossible for them to get parasites, worms, infections, etc.
 

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