Is my yellow jacket cichlid sick ?

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fishmonk

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I noticed that my yellow jacket cichlid cichlid has puffy cheek which was a little red i did some research and found that this could be a sign of a Aeromonas infection im not a 100% sure but i also dont want to take a risk and im not able to add methalyn blue either cuz i have a ghost knife fish living in the same tank and with past experience i know that it is lethal for a ghost knife fish please lmk what to do asap 🙏

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Not sure specifically if it’s an aneromonas infection. It’s does have a discolored/red color to it. I would just move the cichlid to a quarantine tank and treat with triple sulfa, furan or maracyn.
 
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