I think my bumblebee...

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cichlid has Gill Irritation. the gills are red with crimson lumps. Most of my other Cichlids in there have the lumps, and my Red Zebra Cichllid has the red, but I think that's just how they look.

I just tested the ammonia and it came up around 10-15 ppm. but I don't think that little ammonia would do anything, would it?

I'd like to know what causes it, how to fix it and how much it would cost. Is there something that they sell for something like finrot or hole-in-the-head or what? I'd also like to know how to prevent it from happenning. please help!

Oh, and I got the bumblebee about 2-3 days ago, and yesterday it was as happy and as healthy as it should be. it acts like nothing's wrong, but I wouldn't know, I'm kinda new to the Cichlid world.

I know I posted this in freshwater deseases but I'm not getting any answers.
 
A little bit of ammonia for extended periods of time is damaging to all fish and deadly to invertabrits..............try daily 20% water changes til' ammonia reads zero also you can treat infection with aquarium salts 1 tablespoon per five gallons and most important increase the oxygen in your tank esp. if the ammonia is high.
 
I ran out of aquarium salt, but I can buy some wednesday, and I just did a water change a couple days ago, but I'll do one later today. I heard that melifax (sp?) will help, how much is all that? I'm a bit short on money, about 4 dollars in my wallet right now.
 
hmm... my dad will probably pick up the slack (he usually does sorry I left that out). Will melifex have side effects if this isn't gill irritation?
 
I was just reading freshwater for dummies and it said a healthy fish would have no boils. would the crimson lumps be boils?
 
ANY trace amount of ammonia is toxic to fish- their gills are so sensitive.

is this a new tank setup? an aged tank shouldnt have ammonia or nitrites.

i would do small waterchanges EVERYDAY, add salt and aeration- and keep testing the ammonia levels.
 
it's about 2-3 months old, but in the first month the ammonia was too high. so we got rid of the gravel it came with and the rock ornament (we bought it used) and it was completely gone up until now.

and some experts I've talked to say that a little ammonia is natural, and helps the nitrogen cycle. he said that the fish are causing the ammonia.

but what stuff would work to get rid of it? I'm not positive that it IS a desease, but if I try to treat it I'll know for sure.
 
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