Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 To sum it up, last week I picked up two apistogramma hongsloi. These are my first species of apisto. They’ve been doing well and eating well. The last few days I’ve noticed minor chasing and the male seeming to “dance” or “show off” for the female. Last night I noticed a weird gold patch on the head of the male. Today I noticed an even bigger one on the female. Gh is 8, Kh is 5 and has been steady for several months. Temp is 74 Fahrenheit. I have really high nitrates because I ended up overdosing easy green trying to clean out the pump head and get it to work. Is the high nitrates causing the issue? Wednesday’s are my normal water change days so it’ll get a water change regardless tomorrow, should I wait and see? They’re still acting normal and eating. The intake sponge on my HOB filter was clogged to the point where there was little water flow, but I also have a sponge filter on the other side of the tank. It’s a planted 20 long with 6 celestial pearl danios, 7 habrosus corydoras, the 2 apistos, and a blue stiphodon goby. Nobody else seems to be affected or acting different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) It looks like an injury to me it could have damage it self when breeding you could Qt and treat with aquarium salt or treat with maracyn if it get worse Edited January 26, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skillrzs Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Hello , i found a message on the internet about White spot on head of apisto : this was the message : I had that happen to my Apisto. A fish expert I know told me to use Nitrofurazone. And it worked!! he was sick for days not eating just sitting there witha white spot hole thing on his head. I put him in a quarantine tank. Then I did as the fish expert suggested and that is; crush two tablets for ten gallons, put both in tank. Then wait two days then put one more tablet in for a ten gallon tank. three- four days after starting the treatment my fish was healthy and cured. Edited January 26, 2021 by Skillrzs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 So I did a 40% water change to bring nitrates down and I moved the male into a ziss breeder box for a few days in case it was aggression. Last night as the suspected female was near the box she turned this bright yellow and her eyes turned completely black. Then by the time I grabbed my phone she was back to normal. Today I added the male back to the main tank bc the weird marks on both of them were gone and she did the weird color change again, this time I got some pictures. Does anyone know what this is? I’m brand new to apistos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Ok so I feel like an idiot now 😂 I think that’s the female going into breeding colors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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