My green terror needs help!!!!!

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HITH is a slow erosion desease. The fish is slowly disfigured, but will continue to eat, live and grow. If the pits start out as white bumps that look like large white spots, I am afraid the fish is suffering from more serious bacterial infection. I have lost my last GT that way within 2 weeks despite my attempt to save him with medication.
 
Thats true, HITH usually doesnt just form over 3 days. Are you confident that there were no marks at all more that 3 days ago. also, the red isnt typically associated with HITH, so its either bacterial, or a combo of bacterial and HITH
 
It was white spots, just a single, then more, then the eye, was wondering bacterial. Whats the best course of action. He is a great GT grew to his current size in 7 months. Don't wanna loose him
 
White bumps, red streaks and lessions are symptoms of systemic bacterial infection. You may try antibiotic, but IME it doesn't work because medication in water bath will not infiltrate the body to reach therapeutic level. Your hope is to give the fish good water conditions and hope that the fish resistance is able to self heal. Fortunately, systemic infection doesn't seem to be contageous. When I lost my GT with the same symptoms, none other fish in the tank were affected. In fact, the tankmates ate the white stuff that bled out of the lessions before I moved the sick GT to a hospital tank where he died in a week.
 
tiger15 said:
White bumps, red streaks and lessions are symptoms of systemic bacterial infection. You may try antibiotic, but IME it doesn't work because medication in water bath will not infiltrate the body to reach therapeutic level. Your hope is to give the fish good water conditions and hope that the fish resistance is able to self heal. Fortunately, systemic infection doesn't seem to be contageous. When I lost my GT with the same symptoms, none other fish in the tank were affected. In fact, the tankmates ate the white stuff that bled out of the lessions before I moved the sick GT to a hospital tank where he died in a week.
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Id disagree about treating the fish not helping. Most the times it does not work is due to the wrong choice of medication due to not knowing what your truly treating. The issue is diagnosing fish illness and infection is difficult. Most the time misdiagnosis happens and the wrong selections of medications are chosen. Some medications are meant for internal use and need to be digested some actually will work in the water through contact and soak into the skin. Having quality osmotic regulation can make a big difference as to how effective the medication is as well.

Trying to find out all the facts is the most important. The OP needs to start from the beginning of when they first saw issues with the fish. Need to know every symptom and thing they saw at the first sign. Most the times a bacterial issue is a secondary infection that happens from a primary cause or illness that started it. Alot of fish that get Ich later end up with a bacterial infection or some other issue. Same with HTH. HTH being a parasite with Hexamita. Then later fish can develop secondary issues from bacterial infection. With a bacterial infection you have to determine if its gram negative or gram positive infection so you treat it with the correct medication. Meds are classified into the same. gram negative and gram positive. One of the good things is most aquaria infections of bacteria are gram negative.


So id ask the OP to start from the VERY beginning of when you saw issues. Tell us more about your set up, tell us more about any thing out of the ordinary. Need to know ALL of the possible info to even recommend a starting point or what medication to use.

First thing would be to do a large water change. 50% or more. Only use water treatment like prime to remove Chlorine/Chloramine. No salt no nothing else. Need the info first.
 
It just started with one white bump on his head. Didn't think much of it, figured he hit a rock or something. The next day there were two. The white bumps then seemed to dip in hence the reason I thought HITH. The next day there was the eye wound and several more spots, no longer white but red. I haven't added any new fish or changed the set up. It has been running like this for two years with no losses of fish. I do 30-40% water changes weekly, treated with prime. Run two AC 110's which I clean the sponges every two-three weeks alternating. Temps are stable and PH is consistent.
 
ChefBrian75 said:
It just started with one white bump on his head. Didn't think much of it, figured he hit a rock or something. The next day there were two. The white bumps then seemed to dip in hence the reason I thought HITH. The next day there was the eye wound and several more spots, no longer white but red. I haven't added any new fish or changed the set up. It has been running like this for two years with no losses of fish. I do 30-40% water changes weekly, treated with prime. Run two AC 110's which I clean the sponges every two-three weeks alternating. Temps are stable and PH is consistent.
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How large is the GT?
 
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