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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 fish came down with & what should I treat the tank with if tetracycline is not the right medication? I don't want the other fish to come down with this.
Thank,
AJ

one more pic

wow
wierd

good idea with the rubber gloves !
for them and you

the fish should certainly be isolated

ideally each in their own 5 or 10 gallon tank

tetracycline is a good place to start
possibly along with liquid fungus cure or acrilavin or methyline blue

it is most likely these fish were beateen up by other fish

did you see any fighting?

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

how are the surviving fish in the same tank doing?

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, 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. erythromycin here also

from some reading, symptoms sound almost like columnaris?

i d k what is going on...
tell me everything:
pH
pH , hardness, alkalinity, etc
... of both the tank water and the source water ...
what town is the city water from?
temperature
tank size
... is an electric cord dipping into the tank?...
do you own a puppy or a baby?
how often does the maid service come into the house?
does your brother - in - law, the exterminator feed the fish?

inhabitants names
size of inhabitants
(pictures if possible, next to a known quantity like a coin or a ruler)
brand of filter
amount of filtration
aeration
food(s)
environmental contaminants
... tell me every thing
...even if it seems like it is not important

fish diseases
: are rare...

fish poisonings,
fish deaths due to accident,
fish deaths due to aggression from other fish
: are common

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 whitish & scales started curl. that was the night before he died.