WannaBreed Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hi everyone and happy new year. I have a two very sore looking and ill white convicts. I have attached a photo of my female. You can see the sore on her fin/spine. They start off as small little red sores almost like shes bled under the skin then it just eats a little patch of her flesh away. It has spread virtually all over her whole body also my male now has it too. She still eats. But hides a lot. She and the male only just had there first fry too please help me guys as ive tried researching diagnosis and treatments and i cant even figure out what it is. I will upload another photo in a minute so you can see how bad its gotten. Oh the fry are fine by the way. Healthy as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaBreed Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Water parameters are perfect as well sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Pics would be handy... Link to posting images here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 There are pinned discussions on ace about gram negative bacterial issues,,, as most common is the issue, and certainly sounds like yours.Keep your water change regime as per normal,,, but the day before you next water change test for nitrate readings.If your filters are usually full of decomposing matter it fuels fast nitrate climbs as well as feeding and creating a perfect breeding ground for gram negative bacteria.Your substrate can also hold decomposing matter in mass causing same issues.You need to aleaviate these if they are the way I mentioned,,, by doing this your stopping the cause of disease.You then need to treat with dimetridazole or metrodizinole (antibiotics),, to get them healing up again and beat the flesh rotting menace.All this of course only if you think youve identified the issue as being above........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hi Wannabred welcome to ACEdon't take this the wrong way but ..... my water parameters are perfect isn'tthe statement you post when you have a problem with your tankyou need to list pH, hardness ammonia nitrate and nitrite readingstanks size, filtration and tank maintenance schedulewater conditions can start the problem and then you generally get a secondaryproblem developpics would help alsolittle red sores could be viral, ulcers or haemorrhaging and the note that it iseating the flesh seems to sound like a ulcer that could be viral induced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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