electric yellow
Fish Addict
This isnt really an emergency so ive posted it in here...
In my cichlid tank today i noticed the male convict who has been guarding the eggs nest and the girl convict looks a bit....weird....he is pale in colour and it looks like he has swollowed a tissue and got some stuck to the corner of his mouth..
Im wondering if there are any real physical changes he would go through while guarding his and his mrs eggs? He may of just scratched his mouth or something but im not sure what the on set of cotton mouth/columnaris looks like. The water is pretty clear and the quality is good. They got a magor water change last weekend. It is a tank with a variety of cichlids in it so there is aggression but he has been loitering outside their eggs now for a few days so has been away from all the others.
There has been no change in eating and he looks ok apart from being pale and the bit on his mouth.
Also he flared his whole face and gills at me when i tried to look at him so i didnt look to long. He doesnt look as though he has inflammed gills...but im concerned if it does turn into a fungus how will i treat it with fry running round the tank? Im trying not to stress them so they dont eat their eggs. Could it just be a stress thing from guarding the eggs all day and night?
In my cichlid tank today i noticed the male convict who has been guarding the eggs nest and the girl convict looks a bit....weird....he is pale in colour and it looks like he has swollowed a tissue and got some stuck to the corner of his mouth..
Im wondering if there are any real physical changes he would go through while guarding his and his mrs eggs? He may of just scratched his mouth or something but im not sure what the on set of cotton mouth/columnaris looks like. The water is pretty clear and the quality is good. They got a magor water change last weekend. It is a tank with a variety of cichlids in it so there is aggression but he has been loitering outside their eggs now for a few days so has been away from all the others.
There has been no change in eating and he looks ok apart from being pale and the bit on his mouth.
Also he flared his whole face and gills at me when i tried to look at him so i didnt look to long. He doesnt look as though he has inflammed gills...but im concerned if it does turn into a fungus how will i treat it with fry running round the tank? Im trying not to stress them so they dont eat their eggs. Could it just be a stress thing from guarding the eggs all day and night?
