Doing a huge water change now and whatever this is looks a ton worse! Is this hole in head disease or what?
Umbee with white bump and white stringy poop
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Doing a huge water change now and whatever this is looks a ton worse! Is this hole in head disease or what?
Id say this is something due to your lack of wc and extremely high nitrate. 190ppm is way to high. I panic when my nitrate goes above 20ppm.
It could be a bad case due to the location. Poor water quality will do it.
Yeah I'm doing WC's now but I'm trying to determine if it might be too late for the umbee.
Sorry that you lost this fish. Just posted the following in another thread.
I have always obsessed over clean water, a healthy obsession I think in this hobby. Early on I used nitrates as a measuring stick for overall nastiness, higher nitrates in a fish tank generally means higher levels of dissolved organic compounds, higher levels of bacteria, and over time a reduction in minerals, often accompanied with the overall acidic build up, a potential lowering of pH.
Over filtration won't help with any of the above.
I have always obsessed over clean water, a healthy obsession I think in this hobby. Early on I used nitrates as a measuring stick for overall nastiness, higher nitrates in a fish tank generally means higher levels of dissolved organic compounds, higher levels of bacteria, and over time a reduction in minerals, often accompanied with the overall acidic build up, a potential lowering of pH.
Over filtration won't help with any of the above.
I have tanks the same size as yours, as an example, in the one 125 gallon I have a single 13-14" male midas, filtered by 3 AC 500's (110), and that tank gets an 80-90% water change weekly. If I have extra time on my hands, I might get another 30-40% change in mid week, but I never miss a weekly 80-90% WC. Here he is at 7+ yrs of age.
