What's wrong with my texas?

[anzo1993]

Hello, for the last week or so I've been noticing my Texas cichlids Colors have been fading and has been a bit more lethargic, also he seems to be losing scales and has marks on his body, even though he is the dominant in his tank and I have never seen the him ever be bullied, I started doing a a bit of research and I figure it could possibly be some sort of scale/ fin rot situation starting, I wanted to get some opinions of anyone could help, thanks

 

[kno4te]

Would check ur water quality first. Keep the temps 78-80. Add salt 1 tsp per g. I’d monitor for 24hrs.

 

[anzo1993]

Would check ur water quality first. Keep the temps 78-80. Add salt 1 tsp per g. I’d monitor for 24hrs.

thanks for the advice im gonna do a water test in the next hour or so, ill keep you posted

 

[duanes]

What are the other fish in the tank? and what size are they?
Has anything new been added?
How many gallons is the tank?
What is your water change schedule? and how much is changed?
What filtration, and how often is it cleaned?
How old are the fish, and has the schedule been adjusted as they've grown?
What is pH, and nitrate concentration?
What is normal temp? has it changed?

 

[anzo1993]

so the water tests came out with everything looking normal, in a 150 gallon with a peacock bass 11 inches and a clown knife 14 inches, i do about a 30 % water change twice a week, i have 2 fluval 406 canisters on the tank, i got the fish abit over a year ago at 1 inch now the texas is 8 inches, the PH is at 7.3 in the tank, nitrite at 0.3 ppm, the tank stays at about 80 degrees

 

[duanes]

Sounds all good to me, except I don't consider a Texas, or even carpintus to be tropical species (more subtropical) and I kept them at temps between 68- 72'F, temps. Keeping them at 80'F or above seems to sometimes cause bacterial infections for me. I've even kept carpintus in outside tanks in Wisconsin where drops to 60'f weren't a problem.

 

[Niki_up]

so the water tests came out with everything looking normal, in a 150 gallon with a peacock bass 11 inches and a clown knife 14 inches, i do about a 30 % water change twice a week, i have 2 fluval 406 canisters on the tank, i got the fish abit over a year ago at 1 inch now the texas is 8 inches, the PH is at 7.3 in the tank, nitrite at 0.3 ppm, the tank stays at about 80 degrees

I’m assuming you meant to say nitrate? Not nitrite? If you said nitrite I would assume your cycling (which you shouldn’t be bc your tank is over a year old)....or if it is nitrite maybe your going through a mini cycle?

 

[philipraposo1982]

How do you measure .3 nitrates?!!?

Clearly he means nitrites and clearly the tank is in a mini cycle due to old tank syndrome or some sort of additive that has caused the cycle to get out of wack.

Fix your water to fix your fish.

 

[anzo1993]

Sounds all good to me, except I don't consider a Texas, or even carpintus to be tropical species (more subtropical) and I kept them at temps between 68- 72'F, temps. Keeping them at 80'F or above seems to sometimes cause bacterial infections for me. I've even kept carpintus in outside tanks in Wisconsin where drops to 60'f weren't a problem.

thanks for the advice, ill do some water changes and try and lower the temperature gradually

 

[duanes]

The only problem with lowering water temps any significant amount, is you have a sub tropical species housed with tropical species that live in naturally warmer waters.
To me, Herichthys doesn't belong in a tank with South Americans.