Ich or fungus?
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Can't really tell from the picture. Any chance of more pictures?
Take a bunch and check them on your pc to make sure they are clear and in focus. Then post on here.
Have you added anything to the tank in the last 2 weeks?
How long have you had the fish for?
How long has the tank been set up for?
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If you need to treat for white spot (Ich), do a huge (80-90%) water change and complete gravel clean, then raise the water temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks, or at least 1 week after all the spots have gone.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
Don't raise the temperature yet because it might not be white spot.
You can do a water change and gravel clean now if you like and it might help.
Take a bunch and check them on your pc to make sure they are clear and in focus. Then post on here.
Have you added anything to the tank in the last 2 weeks?
How long have you had the fish for?
How long has the tank been set up for?
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If you need to treat for white spot (Ich), do a huge (80-90%) water change and complete gravel clean, then raise the water temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks, or at least 1 week after all the spots have gone.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
Don't raise the temperature yet because it might not be white spot.
You can do a water change and gravel clean now if you like and it might help.
These guys are notorious for getting stressed. Water parameters please and a view of the whole tank. And its tank mates, cheers
Perbud
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Dear All: this is the gold ram which I can’t tell whether it has a bacterial fungus or ich.
Please tell me what you think ..thank you
Please tell me what you think ..thank you
Perbud
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What should I treat it with?
The white stuff on the tail of the gold ram cichlid looks like fungus or the start of the Lymphocystis virus. There is no cure for Lymphocystis and it's just a matter of providing the fish with good conditions, lots of food and keeping it stress free. Then the virus goes dormant and the white lumpy bits drop off.
Fungus can be treated with salt. Salt would be my first choice to treat the ram. See directions below.
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The swordtail looks a bit skinny and appears to have a clamped pectoral (side) fin. If the tank has an established biological filter, try feeding the fish 3-5 times a day for a month and see if it gains weight. If it doesn't, then it probably has intestinal worms and you can treat that with Levamisole for round worms, Praziquantel for tapeworm, or Flubendazole which treats both round and flat worms.
If you want to treat the fish for intestinal worms, see section 3 of the following link.
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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
Fungus can be treated with salt. Salt would be my first choice to treat the ram. See directions below.
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The swordtail looks a bit skinny and appears to have a clamped pectoral (side) fin. If the tank has an established biological filter, try feeding the fish 3-5 times a day for a month and see if it gains weight. If it doesn't, then it probably has intestinal worms and you can treat that with Levamisole for round worms, Praziquantel for tapeworm, or Flubendazole which treats both round and flat worms.
If you want to treat the fish for intestinal worms, see section 3 of the following link.
What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.
Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...
www.fishforums.net
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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
Perbud
Fish Fanatic
Thank you very much for the advice..One last question to clarify….to keep the salt level at the same level as you advised should I continually add the salt daily or just one time (up to your prescribed period of no more than 2-4 weeks at those dosages?).The white stuff on the tail of the gold ram cichlid looks like fungus or the start of the Lymphocystis virus. There is no cure for Lymphocystis and it's just a matter of providing the fish with good conditions, lots of food and keeping it stress free. Then the virus goes dormant and the white lumpy bits drop off.
Fungus can be treated with salt. Salt would be my first choice to treat the ram. See directions below.
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The swordtail looks a bit skinny and appears to have a clamped pectoral (side) fin. If the tank has an established biological filter, try feeding the fish 3-5 times a day for a month and see if it gains weight. If it doesn't, then it probably has intestinal worms and you can treat that with Levamisole for round worms, Praziquantel for tapeworm, or Flubendazole which treats both round and flat worms.
If you want to treat the fish for intestinal worms, see section 3 of the following link.
What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.
Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...
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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
You only add salt once because it stays in the water until you water change it out with freshwater. If you need to increase the dose rate of salt, then add another dose, then leave it at that.
The only time you replace salt after that, is if you do a water change. Then you treat the new water with salt so the salinity (salt level) in the aquarium water remains the same.
eg: You change 20 litres of water. The 20 litres of new water is treated with salt at the same rate the aquarium is (either 1 or 2 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres). The salt is allowed to dissolve in the new water. When it has dissolved completely, you add that new water to the tank.
Make sure you dechlorinate the new water too.
The only time you replace salt after that, is if you do a water change. Then you treat the new water with salt so the salinity (salt level) in the aquarium water remains the same.
eg: You change 20 litres of water. The 20 litres of new water is treated with salt at the same rate the aquarium is (either 1 or 2 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres). The salt is allowed to dissolve in the new water. When it has dissolved completely, you add that new water to the tank.
Make sure you dechlorinate the new water too.
Perbud
Fish Fanatic
Just reposting update on gold ram…do you think it has ich? I’m concerned it may be given this latest picture.Thanks
Yes that looks like white spot.
Do a huge water change and gravel clean the substrate to remove most of the parasites in the water. Then raise the water temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks, or at least 1 week after all the white dots have disappeared from the fish.
Do a huge water change and gravel clean the substrate to remove most of the parasites in the water. Then raise the water temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks, or at least 1 week after all the white dots have disappeared from the fish.
Perbud
Fish Fanatic
A whole Week at 86F?
Won’t that high a temp harm the other fish(black neons,cherry barbs, red rainbow, blue ballon ram, swordtails, angelfish, neon dwarf rainbow, and corys)
Won’t that high a temp harm the other fish(black neons,cherry barbs, red rainbow, blue ballon ram, swordtails, angelfish, neon dwarf rainbow, and corys)
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