Hole in the head - peacock bass

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Have you tested your water?
Yes
If yes, what is your ammonia?
0ppm
If yes, what is your nitrite?
0ppm
If yes, what is your nitrate?
40ppm
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?
71-80%
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.
Hey I have kept peacocks in the pass and none of them have developed what’s on my new ones head. Just trying to verify if it is hole in head and what should I do for it?
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Should I just keep doing water changes everyday until nitrates are 0? Or medicate the whole tank for a few days along with water changes?
 
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Huntercockkeeper24 said:
Should I just keep doing water changes everyday until nitrates are 0? Or medicate the whole tank for a few days along with water changes?
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Yes you could could do wc's everyday to reduce the Nitrate. You need to figure out how much water to remove weekly to maintain a low Nitrate level. Also not necessary to medicate the aquarium proper wc's will prevent further damage.
 
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Should I just keep doing water changes everyday until nitrates are 0? Or medicate the whole tank for a few days along with water changes?
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Keep nitrates low as possible. Dose some metronidazole to the tank. Check ur ph and gh. If your water has a high tds then consider mixing water with ro water or distilled water. Keep ur tds low and consistent.
 
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The pitting in the photo resembles pitting that one of my oscar gets. My second oscar is a bit more resistant.
My bass get pitting on their cheeks. When they were growing up they would get some pitting in other areas but it would clear up with some healthy filter and water changes. The female first exhibited this (cheek pitting)and a year later the male did.
I'm sort of resigned to it being hard water. All my fish get plenty of vitamins and clean water.
You will notice that I call this pitting and not (classic) HITH as all the fish exhibit healthy behavior and big appetites. In fact my bass just spawned again a week ago. It seems in the bass especially it affects their sensory pits around their face. Scarring develops and it appears that it eventually subsides but the scars remain.
It may well affect their longevity but there is not much I can do. No room in my place for doing RO water.
Almond leaves don't seem to do much if anything. But I still use some for the oscars. In the bass tank I used a bunch but they got cloudy eye so I quit using them. Eyes cleared up in a day after a water change.

Not sure how big your tank is but if it were me I would do weekly water changes. Keep the filter clean and make sure the fish get vitamins.
 
With 40 ppm nitrate concentration, its no surprise HITH is starting ro rear its ugly head.
P Bass come from waters where nitrate concentration is in the single digits.
If it were me, I'd start doubling my water change routine to 80% per week as a normal routine.
and if that's difficult , I'd start doing 40% twice per week.
And expect to double that once they get much bigger, these fish start pumping out waste by leaps and bounds as they grow, so water changes need to be ramped up to compensate for the added output.
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duanes said:
With 40 ppm nitrate concentration, its no surprise HITH is starting ro rear its ugly head.
P Bass come from waters where nitrate concentration is in the single digits.
If it were me, I'd start doubling my water change routine to 80% per week as a normal routine.
and if that's difficult , I'd start doing 40% twice per week.
And expect to double that once they get much bigger, these fish start pumping out waste by leaps and bounds as they grow, so water changes need to be ramped up to compensate for the added output.
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those two are beautiful. I did a 40/50% water change everyday for 3days with gravel vacuum and got the nitrates down to between 0 and 10 and I cleaned out the fx-6 for good measure. I will clean my aquaclear 110 next week or so and I’ll probably be changing out filter floss once or twice a week along with one 70% water change a week and see how that goes. The spot on her head is already healing up.
 
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