MAC Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) I keep losing cichlids. The only groups I have doing well are wild caught or offspring born into my water from parents that spawned and died soon after. The latest issue to arise is my last angelfish has started showing what I believe to be beginnings of hole in the head disease. I have lost two angels already to severe tissue erosion on their heads and treatment with General Cure, salt and frequent water changes only seemed to drag out the inevitable. This angelfish had been through the rounds of GC previously because of its exposure to the other angels. It has been living in a 38 gallon tank with cardinal tetras. The tank was moved to a new location and rescaped recently but other than that things have been consistent. Temp 77 Nitrate 10-20ppm Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Gh/Kh 3/3 Weekly 25% water changes I'm wondering if my source for cichlids is the issue. Angles, Kribs from the same place have all had fell apart and passed within a year. Offspring of those fish are going strong, as are wild fish bought from same place. What to do? Is there a medicated food to try for hole in the head anyone suggests? Does this even look like hole in the head? thanks Edited December 15, 2020 by MAC title change after new developments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't 3 dGH soft water and cichlids like harder water at 12-18 dGH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, FlyingFishKeeper said: Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't 3 dGH soft water and cichlids like harder water at 12-18 dGH? It is soft water. Harder water cichlids are more of the "African Cichlid" types from the rift lakes region. Angelfish, a south american cichlid should be happy in soft water...in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) From what I've read it recommendations are removeing active carbon and doing large water changes improveing diet and treating with metronidazole Edited December 4, 2020 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Oh, sorry about that. (I don't keep cichlids...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Some articles mention a suspected link between active carbon and hole in head Disease Edited December 9, 2020 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Ok so any idea what is going on with this horrorshow?! It looks like one of the pimple looking things had just sprouted into an alien creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 It looks like a parasite I would treat with API general cure and salt 1table spoon for 2 gallons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 What is the PH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Dancing Matt said: What is the PH? Ph is 7.0-7.2 with api liquid kit. 1 hour ago, Colu said: It looks like a parasite I would treat with API general cure and salt 1table spoon for 2 gallons Started dosing General Cure--following manufacturer instructions-- begining on dec4 with my original post. Definitely looks like something crawled out of his head. Gnarly. Wondering if there's any sort of positive Id on what this thing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Does it move at all? We have a angelfish that had something similar but smaller, see below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Here’s the thread if you want to read through it and see if it might help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) @Struggle looks very similar. Thanks for sharing the thread, good to see the treatment worked. Ive lost two other angels and a krib from what looks like these white pimples that appear and leave open sores. General Cure and salt seem to hold it off but they never fully recovered, unfortunately. We'll see if this fella has better luck. Edited December 16, 2020 by MAC Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Good luck and I hope you get it worked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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