Anyone know what this might be the wife said he was smashing the top of tank last night and thinks he's just cut up I want to make sure it's not anything else?
Dovii face ick?
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First off, you should post in the disease section, and if not there, preferably the Central American, South American section, because that's where dovii come from, and that section gets more traffic. By posting in the Madagascar area, it limits viewing because is generally a lower traffic cichlid area.
Beyond that, the affliction does not look like ich, which is a protozoan.
Although hard to tell, because only the 3rd pic is clear, and all 3 show the same viewpoint, a side view would help.
It looks bacterial or maybe viral to me.
If bacterial "do not" raise the temp, bacteria grow exponentially at higher temps.
And if you could provide water conditions such as pH, or nitrate concentration, it could help, certain medications only work in certain pH ranges.
If its viral, the only treatment is water changes, because viruses don't usually react to the treatments available, think about the human cold virus.
My first course of action would be doing daily 50% water changes and adding a handful of water softener salt with each change, for a couple days to see if there is improvement.
Beyond that, the affliction does not look like ich, which is a protozoan.
Although hard to tell, because only the 3rd pic is clear, and all 3 show the same viewpoint, a side view would help.
It looks bacterial or maybe viral to me.
If bacterial "do not" raise the temp, bacteria grow exponentially at higher temps.
And if you could provide water conditions such as pH, or nitrate concentration, it could help, certain medications only work in certain pH ranges.
If its viral, the only treatment is water changes, because viruses don't usually react to the treatments available, think about the human cold virus.
My first course of action would be doing daily 50% water changes and adding a handful of water softener salt with each change, for a couple days to see if there is improvement.
Looks like he just banged himself up when he hit the top of the tank. I had a large bala shark get himself stuck in a cave structure and he scraped his head pretty good. The pic below was taken the,day after it happened. Less than a week later he is almost completely healed. I didn't medicate, just kept the water clean with an extra water change. Healthy fish are pretty resilient. A little bit of salt wouldn't hurt either.
Yeah I was on my phone and didn't realize I posted on this board I appreciate the feedback tho he's good now it was just from beating the tip of the tank lol