Vieja cichlid with white on it

[Rtc/tsn]

Have you tested your water?

No

If I did not test my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.

Do you do water changes?

Yes

What percentage of water do you change?

51-60%

How frequently do you change your water?

Every two weeks

If I do not change my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.

So I’m noticing my vieja has a couple fins it’s not ich in 100% about that but it’s not raised at all and not on body I’ve seen it on him before he’s had on of one of his fins for as long as I’ve had him but today i noticed it’s now on his tail I’ve never been worried about it and don’t know if I should be he’s been through numerous different treatments for ich bacterial fungal infections throughout his life and it’s kinda always just been there on him and it doesn’t effect his activity eating or anything I can’t get a good picture I’ll keep trying but he’s just trying to attack my phone on the other side of the glass or something lol but it’s that dot near the top of his tail fin

 

[Rocksor]

It could be a tail injury, need a better picture

 

[Rtc/tsn]

It could be a tail injury, need a better picture

That’s all I could get I’ll try to get more later but it’s not raised at all and it’s always been there but never on the tail except once and that appeared the same day I got it and while it was in quarantine tank but I’ve always just thought it might just be a part of him

 

[Deadeye]

If I’m looking in the right place it looks just like the result of an injury. How long have you had it?

 

[Rtc/tsn]

If I’m looking in the right place it looks just like the result of an injury. How long have you had it?

I’ve had the fish since it was about 1” I don’t think it’s an injury I don’t have any evidence behind that there’s just a feeling telling me that it’s not something to worry about but I don’t know

 

[Deadeye]

Maybe something that never healed fully/a scar? Anything disease or fungal I would have expected to spread.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Maybe something that never healed? Anything disease or fungal I would have expected to spread.

Yea so would I and with the amounts of treatments he’s been through in his life I’d think it was immune to everything by now cause I’m the first few months of having him he had ich near 10 times had popeye once and lived through a tank with some disease in it that left holes in the fishes body it’s amazing how he’s still alive

 

[Deadeye]

Cichlids are tough

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Cichlids are tough

This is my old living fish next to my arowana I’ve had the arowana since January and the vieja since about this time last year

 

[Deadeye]

This is my old living fish next to my arowana I’ve had the arowana since January and the vieja since about this time last year

I meant tough like hardy