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Post by bjones on Mar 11, 2010 17:44:50 GMT -6
First I have a german blue ram that I noticed the other day that looks like he has a small patch of skin missing at the top of his head. I started researching and found what I thought might be the problem, protozoan ciliate chilodonella, said to treat with malachite green. So I went to fins on sunday and explained that situation and that I also have a bala shark that I think hit his eye on driftwood and it is swollen and whitish the guy said it was bacterial infection and gave me Seacham Polyguard to treat both problems. Well tonight I come in and the ram now has what looks to be a blood blister on top of his head where the misssing patch of skin is. I am at a loss, should I keep treating with this or try something else? I never had any problems with this tank till I moved it, that is when the bala messed up his eye!
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Post by angel on Mar 11, 2010 18:11:15 GMT -6
Swollen and whitish eye could be popeye but I have no idea about the ram. Anyone?
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Post by bjones on Mar 11, 2010 19:18:14 GMT -6
I had a krib that had popeye once, it is not popeye. It is just slightly swollen, not stuck way out there. When we moved the tank he did a big coma-cozi jump hit the large piece of driftwood bruised his body, it has already healed. The eye is pretty bad, think he may be blind in that eye.?.?
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Post by jgentry on Mar 11, 2010 19:34:17 GMT -6
It could either be the start of HITH or a parasite. I had this happen twice since aqaurium keeping. Both fish were SA fish that were sensitive to water conditions. Both died after the spot ruptured. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that these fish come from much softer water with a lower PH. Our water just seems to make amazon fish much more suseptable to disease.
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Post by reagan on Mar 11, 2010 21:46:04 GMT -6
Start doing a 10% water change ever day. Lower the ph and keep the water as clean as possible. on day 5 start doing a 20% water change and keep it up until they look 100%. I try to change at least 80% of my water per week
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Post by bjones on Mar 12, 2010 7:28:42 GMT -6
Ok thanks I will try that, I also have clown loaches in that tank and they are the first fish I ever started keeping. I really don't want anything to happen to them, I don't want anything to happen to any of them, but you know what I mean.
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Post by bjones on Mar 20, 2010 9:28:54 GMT -6
Ok well this whole situation took a turn for the worse. I took some guys advice that I had never seen before in fins and medicated the tank. I lost the ram and both of my clown loaches. I had them for 5 or 6 years and they were about 6" long. I still have the bala and his eye is still not great, not sure what to do. I have been diligent in water changes and hope it will get better, but I fear he is gonna be blind in that eye. I have been checking my water and nitrates have been .5, never have had that before. Not sure if I should do anything other than my water changes??? Anyway that's where I'm at with this situation.
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