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hi i was looking at my S.A cichlid and its getting a small holes around its head and near its eyes. i changed the water and added some vitimins to the tank ,but it dosent seem to be helping . i was wondering if there are any meds you have or if there is any remedys you know of that may help. also could this could be caused by to acidic water? right now my tank is at 5.8-6.0 ph thanks

5.8-6.0 ph

that is a little lower than I like

...also
what brand of carbon do you use in your filter?

i use marineland's carbon i got the magnum 350 with the bio wheels but today i swapt out the charcoal canister with the filter cartridge that came with the kit in there

I would discontinue filtering with carbon

if you are using a Magnum
you can put different stuff in the Carbon retainer sleeve

foam blocks, gravel, ceramic ring media , etc.

also maybe continue the vitamins
change water more often
maybe dose with metronidazole

check for electric charge in the water
(frayed heater cord, etc.)

thanks for the help ned : )

What are you feeding ?
(While I agree with Ned that its usually carbon or poor water quality, I've seen this from poor diet as well)

i use cichlid pellets from hikari and they also eat some shrimp pellets that i put in for my bottom dweller fish . i also put some bloodworms for my loaches once in a wile.they seem to like those as well. and i put algae tablets in there for the plecos. and once aday i put some flake food in there. the cichlids try to eat everything i put in there but i try to feed them first so they dont take from the others