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Oh man..
Oh man.. What are the water parameters for a subtropical? His tankmates are 2 juvrnile pacu and 2 albino bichirs. They all get along fine. No fighting ever. Theyve been tgt for 1-2months. Ammonia lvls are 0.25 same goes for nitrite levels.Looks like fungus. May need some api fungus cure. What's ur water parameters? Are u keeping the water at subtropical temps? Tankmates?
Madou may help as he's dealt with Channa prior. Here in the US we don't have any.
You should have 0 nitrite, and 0 ammonia at all times that will affect fish health some species faster than others in this case your snakehead. You may need to add more filtration and do larger wc's.
I guess that explains why. I'm gonna do a 50% water change now. Thank you for the reply. Btw, should I use seachem prime or api stress coat? I have both but not sure which is better.
That's a pretty bad looking infection.Hope the fish does not lose it's eyes.
As far as I know, these happen in one of two scenari:
- Just got ordered. Some channas have a hard time with being moved in a bag, they tend to easily develop fungus.
- Has been in a tropical setup for an extended period of time.
From what you told us, it has tank mates. Tank mates are a no-no. Pacus will bully and eat it. Bichirs unless they are Senegalus will harass and eat it. And most importantly, these fish require high temperatures, which channas don't tolerate.
This is the perfect example of what happens to a channa that has tropical tankmates, in a bare bottom tank, in year round very high temperatures.
What this channa needs is an unheated tank (15 to 23°C year round, with peaks of 23 during summer and lows of 15-18 during winter), a whole lot of plant cover to feel secure and be active, no tank mates to bully him (that means no tank mates period, at all, ever) and before all of that, he needs a QT tank with a treatment against fungus. But to be completely honest, it rarely works when it's been kept in these conditions to the point of developing the fungus.
I hope I'm wrong, and wish you luck. If you save him, it'll reward you fully once kept in the right conditions. I just find it sad it was left in this state before trying to find informations.
- Just got ordered. Some channas have a hard time with being moved in a bag, they tend to easily develop fungus.
- Has been in a tropical setup for an extended period of time.
From what you told us, it has tank mates. Tank mates are a no-no. Pacus will bully and eat it. Bichirs unless they are Senegalus will harass and eat it. And most importantly, these fish require high temperatures, which channas don't tolerate.
This is the perfect example of what happens to a channa that has tropical tankmates, in a bare bottom tank, in year round very high temperatures.
What this channa needs is an unheated tank (15 to 23°C year round, with peaks of 23 during summer and lows of 15-18 during winter), a whole lot of plant cover to feel secure and be active, no tank mates to bully him (that means no tank mates period, at all, ever) and before all of that, he needs a QT tank with a treatment against fungus. But to be completely honest, it rarely works when it's been kept in these conditions to the point of developing the fungus.
I hope I'm wrong, and wish you luck. If you save him, it'll reward you fully once kept in the right conditions. I just find it sad it was left in this state before trying to find informations.
He is much better now! the fungus is about 50% gone now. I used pimafix just ytd and damn... that **** works! Its like some sorta powerful & unique medicine right there.