Covina_fishguy Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hi everyone I have been trying to identify what is wrong with my big male red head geophagus. Noticed it developed a couple what looked sores with white inside of them. Removed him from tank and places him in hospital tank for about 2 weeks now. The tank currently has one tbsp of salt per gallon and I Have done one full treatment of para cleanse but did not solve problem. Currently the tank has the following water parameters. nitrite 0 nitrate 10 hardness close to 300 buffer is between 40 and 80 ph 7.4 chlorine 0 If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 It looks like hole in the head disease to me it's usually caused poor water quality or dietary related recommended treatment is praziquantel which is the active ingredient in paracleanse I would increase water changes and do another course of paracleanse with salt as well sometimes it can take 2-3 course of treatment before you see any improvement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covina_fishguy Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 Thank you for the feed back! It is greatly appreciated. would you recommend jumping right back into the treatment or give the fish some time to recover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I would do another course of paracleanse straight away with the salt I would do 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for now @Covina_fishguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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