RachelElizabeth Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I just created a topic yesterday about cherry barbs, and now one of mine appears to be sick. He has a bump on one side that almost appears a bit fuzzy, but it's not white at all like typical fungus. He's also having some trouble swimming and staying upright. I tried to take some pictures. Any advice? Water Parameters: pH -> 6.8 Nitrates -> 5-10 ppm Hardness -> very hard (maxes out the test strips) Nitrite -> 0 ppm Ammonia -> 0 ppm KH/Buffer -> I have a hard time reading this one, but it actually looks to be on the lower end of the color chart Water Temperature 78 degrees F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Is he still eating and dose he have any stringy white pooh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelElizabeth Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 10:34 PM, Colu said: Is he still eating and dose he have any stringy white pooh He's picking at food but not going into feeding frenzy like the others. No stringy white poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 There's a couple of thing this could be such as a cyst internal parasites or an injury with the start of a secondary fungal or bacterial infection setting in what I would do is treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons and do a course of maracyn if maracyn and aquarium salt don't work than I would treat with paracleanse for internal parasites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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