Comment by ŦůRbö ۰ Ҏяѻ ۰ on December 11, 2012 at 2:38am

 Ichthyophthirius Multifilis or "ich" (pronounced ick)

 

Comment by Robert Jango on December 11, 2012 at 9:31am

Cichlids do indeed have attitudes - that's what makes them fun. Just don't keep two or more  dudes in a small confined space together.

Like Turbo says, sounds like ick. You can google different antidotes. The best one is to raise your temp to 88-90 degrees. This will speed up the life cycle of the ick parasite to the point where the offspring don't have time to attach themselves to a new host. Not sure how long to keep the temp that high though - look it up.

Once the fish suffer from an outbreak of ick they build up an immunity that allows them to live with it the rest of their lives without adverse effects. You never truly get rid of the ick parasite completely but it can be kept to tolerable levels. Water changes using a little chlorine may also help keep numbers low too - not sure.   

Comment by O on December 11, 2012 at 11:51am

no chlorine...try salt instead, but not the table salt, pet store salt, with no iodine..but first try the temp increase...

Comment by Aeroplane1234 on December 11, 2012 at 12:04pm

Thanks. Guys. Good advise. I live in tropical climate and it aint high tech tank. So i didnt fiddle with temperature.

Comment by Jerry on December 11, 2012 at 4:14pm

For me I turn up the heater to 86 degrees and I use metronidazole in what I feed my fish blood worm. Took a week or so, they I left the heater on 86 degrees for about 6 weeks just to be safe. Hope it help....

Comment by Shane jewett on December 12, 2012 at 12:03am

I agree sounds and looks like Ich. I thought I had a fish with it and I treated the entire tank. Beware that some meds will dye your tank decor and silicone green. Raising the temp to 86 is also known to help since it breaks the ich life cycle. You could put him in a isolation tank for treatment and monitor the main tank to see if anyone else gets it. Probably the more stressed fish will get it first. There are some other things you can do but these seem to be the way to go from what I read. Hope the fish makes it.

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