![]() If the fish has stripes that make a Y shape on its shoulder you have a fish that is not an african cichlid and will cause problems in your tank. I also hope that the striped cichlid you were referring to was a kenyi instead of a convict. The higher the percentage you change the better. Regardless of if you get the test kit now or not I would suggest that you change your water as quickly as possible. While they may mistreat fish they do provide access to other aquarium products 24hrs a day that you may need in case of an emergency. I know some will cry foul for me even suggesting this but I would consider making a trip to your local walmart. I would say that you should obtain test materials as soon as possible. I concur that 2 weeks is not long enough to perform a cycle without a product like bio-spira or adding filter media(which works, I cycled a 29 gallon with Bio-Spira and filter media earlier this week.) from a cycled tank. If it continues I have had good luck with the medication praziquantel sp? It comes in many parasitic medications and has become very popular in the last few years. Adding salt is indeed a good way to help your fish fight off such infestations. Most times its weak or sick fish that allow the propagation and infestation to begin. Sometimes if your fish scratch it might just be because they have an ich, or they could be fighting off parasites. Hardy fish like cichlids most times have an adequate slime coat to repel them. Should i buy the cichlid salt stuff, or any other kind of medication? i would really like to know whether my fish are sick or if their just itchy.Ĭlick to expand.What most people don't realize is that the parasites that cause ick many times are alive and well in your aquarium just not in high numbers. I recently did a 15% water change 2 days ago. although around the zebra and electric yellows there are small neon blue spots by the gills but there semetrical with the other side so im guessing there supposed to be there. Spending hours staring at these little fish i cant see any white spots. But they all came from the same tank at petland. But eventually all the other fish started to do it, After adding the second set of fish they havent started to rub. Almost from the very beginning of adding the first fish i saw them rubbing against the rocks, not very often and it first started with the electric yellows. All the cichlids are a little less than an inch long, I also have a 6 inch pleco, so 9 fish in all. I got 2 electric yellows, 2 demasons, 1 red zebra, 1 albino brichardi, 1 rusty, and one i dont know the name of its grey with dark black stripes. The fish i have in there i got a week ago from today from petland i got 6 cichlids followed by 3 more 4 days later. I still dont have a water testing kit but i will be buying one on monday, todays sunday and the LFS is closed now. I have crushed coral to raise the PH, lots of rocks, a few fake plants. The temp of the tank right now is at 27 C. not sure how many gallons per hour it does cuz i threw out the box and forgot the number, but i know its meant for 165 gallon tanks. Im new to cichlids and recently just bought a 90 gallon tank, and i have an Arena XP 3 filter. ![]()
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