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Hi All,
I purchased a used tank less than a week ago. 180gal acrylic tank. It came with 21 fish, mostly African Cichlids.
It came as a complete setup with two FX4 canister filters, which I left full of water and of course media to preserve the cycle.
This particular fish looked fine at the time (I even have pics to show this), but as of yesterday it’s showing what I believe is a prolapse. See pic below.
I have read a bit about this and it appears Epsom Salt in the tank is the preferred treatment. Any advice here? The fish is swimming, eating, and behaving normally. I saw it poop today as well. The poop was a long light-colored string- but I don’t know if that’s normal since I’ve only had it a few days.
I feed them cichlid pellets and cichlid flakes morning and night.
Thanks for any advice!
JS
I purchased a used tank less than a week ago. 180gal acrylic tank. It came with 21 fish, mostly African Cichlids.
It came as a complete setup with two FX4 canister filters, which I left full of water and of course media to preserve the cycle.
This particular fish looked fine at the time (I even have pics to show this), but as of yesterday it’s showing what I believe is a prolapse. See pic below.
I have read a bit about this and it appears Epsom Salt in the tank is the preferred treatment. Any advice here? The fish is swimming, eating, and behaving normally. I saw it poop today as well. The poop was a long light-colored string- but I don’t know if that’s normal since I’ve only had it a few days.
I feed them cichlid pellets and cichlid flakes morning and night.
Thanks for any advice!
JS
