Cichlid Disease Diagnosis Help
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Thanks for your input PopsDidn't have an answer so decided to go to members I know have knowledge, and experience with meds, and other aquarium issues.
One more thing, when the german red does eat something, he will kinda twitch like he is trying to swallow, and then the food comes out. Its almost like he is choking, and now he just mostly ignores the food. I hope you're right and its just because he's growing. The fish are just starting to color up nicely. It'd be a shame to have a diseased tank now.
Update: The german red is still spitting out pellets and the flake food, but he will eat blood worms. I dosed the blood worms with the medicine so he'd get the full effect. My LFS thinks its bloat I guess. I'm still leaning towards some sort of parasite
Hey I have a 55 gallon tank. With two cichlids one blue one yellow. All the sudden they started swimming eractically. I did a 40% water change. But my yellow know as sunny isn't her normal self, seems to have trouble breathing an not really wanting to move.. stays hidden an lower to sand Both were acting crazy for 45 mins til I did water change. Now it's just sunny she normally the one in charge as she's is the biggest. Now. She barley eats an doesn't want to do much here's so.e pictures of her. Maybe fungus by her fins?? Please help!! In
Did you quarantine the newest addition?
If not.... that's probably where the problem came in.
If the problem is bacterial, raising the temp can make the problem worse.
Besides high temps being stressful for the cichlids (especially rift lake species, because those lakes are very stable temp wise), many pathogenic bacteria thrive in temps of 82'F and above, and up into the mid 90s.
When I was working in a lab as a microbiologist, when we wanted to grow pathogenic cultures we would put cultures in a 95"F incubator.
But there is no way to be sure what the disease is, without a microscopic evaluation.
If not.... that's probably where the problem came in.
If the problem is bacterial, raising the temp can make the problem worse.
Besides high temps being stressful for the cichlids (especially rift lake species, because those lakes are very stable temp wise), many pathogenic bacteria thrive in temps of 82'F and above, and up into the mid 90s.
When I was working in a lab as a microbiologist, when we wanted to grow pathogenic cultures we would put cultures in a 95"F incubator.
But there is no way to be sure what the disease is, without a microscopic evaluation.
