HITH lATERAL LINE DISEASE IN CICHLA

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Any chance the the HITH could be linked to such high protein, highly carniverous diets? The pellets we feed are high in protein as is the tilapia, shrimp and just about everything else. What if they, like piranhas, need some sort of fruit or algae in their diets? Piranhas are known to eat fruits and nuts as well as fish, so isn't it possible that these fish, some from similar blackwaters, need this too? It may become more prominent as they get bigger because we need to feed them high amounts of food. Maybe they're being over fed? If you've ever seen a WC PB, they usually look very streamline and a lot slimmer than ours seem to look. Maybe the answer isn't to let them eat as much as possible. They are opportunistic predators, so they will eat a lot, as much as we let them. They don't get to eat 15 pellets in the wild for dinner. They eat maybe a couple of fish per day, or maybe sometimes none. I could be completely wrong, but we can't rule it out, can we?
 
For the record:

Got WC Brokos at 4". Fed shrimp and smelt. 260g with sock and sump filter. Water change 25-30gallons a week. Nitrate was high. Developed HITH at 6". Treated with Metro but damage is done. After three years, I still have these scared bass. Now largest is 15" and feeding on pellets only.

Got 1.5" F1 Bahia in 225g with bead filter and no mechanical. Gravel vac and weekly 30% water change only. Pellets only. Over two years now and at 18". Never had HITH.

Got 1.5" F1 Xingu in 260g with glass filter. No gravel vac but backwash filter 75g weekly. Pellets only. About two years now and at 16". Never had HITH.
 
strollo22 said:
Any chance the the HITH could be linked to such high protein, highly carniverous diets? The pellets we feed are high in protein as is the tilapia, shrimp and just about everything else. What if they, like piranhas, need some sort of fruit or algae in their diets? Piranhas are known to eat fruits and nuts as well as fish, so isn't it possible that these fish, some from similar blackwaters, need this too? It may become more prominent as they get bigger because we need to feed them high amounts of food. Maybe they're being over fed? If you've ever seen a WC PB, they usually look very streamline and a lot slimmer than ours seem to look. Maybe the answer isn't to let them eat as much as possible. They are opportunistic predators, so they will eat a lot, as much as we let them. They don't get to eat 15 pellets in the wild for dinner. They eat maybe a couple of fish per day, or maybe sometimes none. I could be completely wrong, but we can't rule it out, can we?
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Great questions And Dunno there are those that say it's lack of nutrients 100 % people are all over the boards with this that is why i started this thread maybe Just maybe together we can find a real concrete answer for a change!!
 
I have 2 azuls, 2 broko, and 1 pleiozona in the same tank they r about 14" now have been together since 2". My 1 broko has hith, the rest are fine. Dont know why.
 
HULON said:
Nope Never use carbon!!
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Damn ... So if you didn't use it that means there's another triggering factor here. Carbon to me is a trigger but your stuff got it without you using it. I've only had HITH in a 2bar mono and a geo but I was using carbon alot....With all the different bass I've bought and seen I some how lucked out not getting it alot.


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Aqaunero brought up a great point in the other thread related to black water and ph.
The poll thread....
 
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