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yes that's it hole in the head also called lateral line erosion If you are using carbon discontinue carbon in the filter ENTIRELY I don't use it just use foam or ceramic or other filter media foam & bio media increase water changes to at least 50% OK at least twice a week for a while at least t...

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Ned, since Ive been back from my month in NJ I noticed that my Umbee has holes on its head & the skin has turned white around them.
The holes go around the eye, down the gill & across the lower jaw

Ned, since Ive been back from my month in NJ I noticed that my Umbee has holes that the skin has white.
Water didnt get changed till I got back, feeding schedule was only every 4 days. the water parameters are good
Do you think this is HITH or something else? Treatment?

Woke up yesterday morning & the green terror was laying on the bottom of the tank. The white spots on his head turned into a daily large hole in his head. two 5 day treatments of Maracyn keep him in check during that time, until the day after stopping treatment his head swelled up, turned whitis...

from some reading, symptoms sound almost like columnaris?

Ned, my green terror is starting to develop a white hole in his head just like the make texas did, has one other spot that looks like a whitehead. Should I try some other type of treatment? I did the 4 days of tetracycline like it say on the box & added fungus cure for 5 days. I have e.m. erythr...

They all look fine & are acting normal, the festae does have 2 small white spots on him but the tetracycline should clear it up

Ned, you ever see Parachromis loisellei on your breeder or importer list? Ive never seen one

both fish died this afternoon

always some skirmishes going on in that tank but they don't pound on each other, the male was 2nd largest fish in the tank so he wasn't dinged up

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Hey Ned, I have a pair of Herichthys carpintus that came down with some kind of nasty illness. Its only those 2 fish, the other 8 CA/SA cichlids in the same tank all seem fine. I started treating the tank with t.c. tetracycline a couple days ago but doesn't seem to have helped. Any idea on what the ...

Is it alright to mix with the regular silver dollars?

Ned, seeing if you had any Myleus rubripinnis in stock?

If you could Ned hold that Jack for me, Ill be up this week
AJ from Cape Cod

Im interested in the Jack when it comes in.