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Lip swelling and cotton on my cichlids…help!
My A.Cichlids are sick and I have lost a lot of them..The picture that I have attached is what the ones that have died look like..Starts with the lips swelling big,and looking like they have cotton on their face , eye’s bulging , and large spots on the body…
Years ago I used to have several species of cichlids. Its been awhile, but from what I remember your fish have developed a fungus, which can be treated with medicine from your local fish store. I think its called PimaFix or something like that. It comes in a blue plastic bottle, and you just add a few ounces to your tank water every few days and do a small water change. This should help your fish to heal in a week or two.
I would like to say… did you ever figure it out? i have the same problem…. i lost over half my fish…. i got fungus remover and all that, still had a bunch die after that….. seems to have settled no more deaths but my fish still act and seem very unhealty…. im new to cichlids… and i had a great first couple weeks with my fish breeding….. but then whatever this is hit the tank…. im losing everything! and only one of my favorite fish is still alive…. all my prised died…. what do you think i should do?
I would like to say…I had the same thing happen to one of my cichlids and I did a 25% water change added some aquarium salt and stress zyme and problem solved in about a week.
i did my research on that same sickness, my convict had just started showing those symptoms and i was told it was ick, so i asked around and a worker at my local fish store told me you can use one table spoon of sea salt for every 5 gallons and after a week change out half the water and it usually would kill the parasites and help with thier sickness. i know it sounds dumb to put salt in a fresh water tank but my fish are fine. he also said DO NOT PUT IODIZED SALT, IT WILL KILL THE FISH. so remember SEA SALT.
Your Africans have what’s called Malawi Bloat. The cause is feeding too much protein (carnivorous diet) and not enough vegetation. The fish can’t digest the protein and they swell up (including their lips). Only once I was able to save a fish that started to have those symptoms – usually it’s fatal. Feed mostly veggies with some protein occasionally supplemented.