- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- 10-20 on waterchange day
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 71-80%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Hey guys,
My severums have had these white growths for a long time, always thought it was lymphocystis so after a salt treatment, which didn’t help I just upped my waterchange schedule and it kind of went away. Until a couple months ago when my male rotkeil had this big lump behind his gills and under his fins, this lump burst open and a lot of white puss kept leaking out. The wound closed and all seemed to clear up.
This was after all the puss was drained and scales have started to return over the wound
Whiteish hue in the eye of my male rotkeil
Current state, eye has white blobs in it, white spots are all over his face and my female is also starting to have this big bump behind the gills and infront of the pelvic fins.
But as usual, when it seems to clear up it comes back worse. Was my hunch about it being lympho wrong? It only seems to affect my severums and other than the fact that they have weird puss like lumps they act and eat normal, but they stopped mating behaviour.
The tank has been setup for about 4 years now, never had any issues except a mystery death of my biggest severum a couple years ago.
Tank size: 180G
Tankmates are:
1x astronotus ocellatus
1x semaprochilodus taenarius
1x andinoacara Pulcher
1x andinoacara latifrons (I guess)
1x polypterus ornatipinnis
1x polypterus delhezi
Water parameters:
PH: steady around 7.5
GH: 7
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: Between 10-20 on waterchange day
My severums have had these white growths for a long time, always thought it was lymphocystis so after a salt treatment, which didn’t help I just upped my waterchange schedule and it kind of went away. Until a couple months ago when my male rotkeil had this big lump behind his gills and under his fins, this lump burst open and a lot of white puss kept leaking out. The wound closed and all seemed to clear up.
This was after all the puss was drained and scales have started to return over the wound
Whiteish hue in the eye of my male rotkeil
Current state, eye has white blobs in it, white spots are all over his face and my female is also starting to have this big bump behind the gills and infront of the pelvic fins.
But as usual, when it seems to clear up it comes back worse. Was my hunch about it being lympho wrong? It only seems to affect my severums and other than the fact that they have weird puss like lumps they act and eat normal, but they stopped mating behaviour.
The tank has been setup for about 4 years now, never had any issues except a mystery death of my biggest severum a couple years ago.
Tank size: 180G
Tankmates are:
1x astronotus ocellatus
1x semaprochilodus taenarius
1x andinoacara Pulcher
1x andinoacara latifrons (I guess)
1x polypterus ornatipinnis
1x polypterus delhezi
Water parameters:
PH: steady around 7.5
GH: 7
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: Between 10-20 on waterchange day
