Recurring parasite/bacteria?

[duanes]

What is your water change routine? How much? how often?
What is your nitrate reading in ppm?

 

[Showtimekev]

What is your water change routine? How much? how often?
What is your nitrate reading in ppm?

I change the water & gravel vac weekly, about 20% of the water, and last I checked my ppm was 10

 

[duanes]

I change the water & gravel vac weekly, about 20% of the water, and last I checked my ppm was 10

I get the feeling your problem, will not be solved by medication, but more frequent and larger water changes.
I consider 20% per week for cichlids paultry.
On my cichlid tanks I try to do 30%-40% every other day.
From the info in the opening post, it seems your problem is chronic, and although meds at times have temporarily put a band aid on it, you have never got to the root of problem.
Most Amatitlana species come from pristine, moderate flowing streams, and rivers, or from low nutrient lakes, and although a few species can be moderately tolerant of nutrient soup, they do not do best with if water quality is not constantly renewed.
With an only 20% water change per week, after a couple weeks, tank water becomes a broth of pheromones and hormone, that are a breeding ground foe bacteria that cause intestinal issues, or other chromic maladies like HITH.
And cichlids (with the exception of a few Tilapia), do not cope well with that nutrient soup.
If your current routine is all you have time or ambition to deal with, fish from swamps, and less than pristine habitat and waters and deal with wimpy water changes may be a better choice. i.e. anabantids that thrive in nutrient loaded rice paddies.
Those fish that can use atmospheric oxygen, and have adapted to those soup like conditions.

 

[Showtimekev]

I get the feeling your problem, will not be solved by medication, but more frequent and larger water changes.
I consider 20% per week for cichlids paultry.
On my cichlid tanks I try to do 30%-40% every other day.
From the info in the opening post, it seems your problem is chronic, and although meds at times have temporarily put a band aid on it, you have never got to the root of problem.
Most Amatitlana species come from pristine, moderate flowing streams, and rivers, or from low nutrient lakes, and although a few species can be moderately tolerant of nutrient soup, they do not do best with if water quality is not constantly renewed.
With an only 20% water change per week, after a couple weeks, tank water becomes a broth of pheromones and hormone, that are a breeding ground foe bacteria that cause intestinal issues, or other chromic maladies like HITH.
And cichlids (with the exception of a few Tilapia), do not cope well with that nutrient soup.
If your current routine is all you have time or ambition to deal with, fish from swamps, and less than pristine habitat and waters and deal with wimpy water changes may be a better choice. i.e. anabantids that thrive in nutrient loaded rice paddies.
Those fish that can use atmospheric oxygen, and have adapted to those soup like conditions.

I took your advice my guy, I vacuumed all the gravel and did a 40% water change on all tanks, and my fish are eating again!! Also their poop isn’t white and stringy anymore either. I’m going to continue to treat their food with general cure for another week tho, just to be sure, but things are finally looking up. I only lost 2 babies in the process, but they were the smallest ones.

 

[Deadeye]

Great to hear the fish are doing better! Do you ever feed mysis? That can cause white poop. Obviously not the root issue, just could be a reason for that.

 

[Showtimekev]

Great to hear the fish are doing better! Do you ever feed mysis? That can cause white poop. Obviously not the root issue, just could be a reason for that.

Sometimes I feel it to them but I haven’t had any in a few weeks, I’ve been feeding them their usual flakes & pellets, but here’s my blue Gen 2 male, feeling a lot better. He ate a lot today