pimples and death

[sharonka]

Hi, my friend need help.He is keeping JA and CA cichlids ( firemounths, blue acara, geophagus) and the last 4 months has a problem. His fishes have a small pimples - red with white border, then pimples are bigger, bloating and fish will die. During 4 months 5 fishes died and now some other fish get pimples. What is this disease? He bought his Last fish a year ago and nothing has changed in his aquarium.
Thank you, if you may help...

 

[Lupin]

Please answer the diagnostics form and include some photos of the affected areas. Photos are extremely important.

Part of me wanted to assume bacterial infection straight away as I recognized the symptoms of common bacterial infections however we still need plenty of details to be sure of what we are dealing with and how we can prevent and correct the issue.

1. What is the size of your tank?

2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used.

3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water?

4. How long the aquarium has been set up?

5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?

6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?

7. What temperature is the tank water currently?

8. Are there live plants in the aquarium?

9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity.

10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)?

11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)?

12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate?

13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule?

14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish?

15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis.

 

[Thow428]

^^^^
Yeah, we need more information on this. And pictures might help as well. Lupin is here, so your in good hands my friend

 

[sharonka]

Please answer the diagnostics form and include some photos of the affected areas. Photos are extremely important.

Part of me wanted to assume bacterial infection straight away as I recognized the symptoms of common bacterial infections however we still need plenty of details to be sure of what we are dealing with and how we can prevent and correct the issue.

You may look at this tank http://www.akvarko.cz/akvarium.php?nadrz=3748

1. Size of this tank is 750 litres (168 gal? I dont know...)
2. Unknown - he use CO2
3. It is freshwater
4. It is 1 year and 4 months
5. All fishes are adult.
this fishes are from old tank:
Thorichthys Ellioti -5x
Cleithracara maronii -4x
Bristlenose -10x
SAE -5x
Hoplosternum thoracatum-2x
Ampularia australis-6x
Corydoras aeneus-11x
Thorichthys meeki-4x

16.10.2008 was added:

Geophagus sp. Pindare-5x
Corydoras panda-10x
Pterygoplichthys Joselimalanus-2x
Rineloricarie Lanceolata-2x
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps-1x
Aequidens Pulcher-4x

6. Yes, but it is more than year, that he bougt new fishes
7. 25 - 26 °C (77 - 79 °F)
8. Yes, it is much live plants in aquarium
9. Filter -" homemade" - 55 gal glass, with pump Eheim universal 1260 - 522 gal/hod, + inside Atman 201 with biofoam
10. heater, CO2 controlled system
11. lighting ramp with 4 x 54W - sunshine I dont know
12. 1/4 for 10 days
13. Sera discus - granul, frozen blood worms, fish eat twice a day
14. Fish behave normally, they eat, react. When you start ulcers gradually apathy, loss of appetite. Within 3 weeks started bloating and death. Small ulcers initially, then about 5 millimeters.
15. No medicate

Excuse bad pics, it is from today

 

[Ichy]

Well to me it appears to be lymphocystis . I knwo this is an old thread , however i was doing a search on Thorichthys and found this post. I felt I had to at least reply one opinion since even after the poster filled out all the info they never got a reply.
This disease is a rotten curse , I have ahd it strike in my Thorichthys species ..it is incurable , and I have had to start over with new stock
Hope this might be useful for someone else .