SAChichlidLover
Fishaholic
Hi all,
I will post pictures of one of my threadfin acara tomorrow when I turn the lights on but essentially around the fishes lateral line I’ve found two whitish circular looking patches which are definitely not ich, after monitoring the fish for today and checking the other heckelii it’s definitely unusual and I’m pretty sure heckelii are prone to lateral line disease as most cichlids are.. what concerns me is that my pH is 6.8, gh 100 and temp is at 26° currently which all three are quite close too natural conditions. The fish in question also has not grown nearly as much as the other heckelii with the other one being almost twice its size now (both were purchased at the same size) I will get some close up pictures tomorrow sorry for the inconvenience. The fish has been eating normally on a diet of vitalis american cichlid pellets (Ill get the proper spelling tomorrow sorry) and also bloodworms however both heckelii aren’t too keen on the bloodworms, I presume if the illness happens to be lateral line disease then it will be dietary caused as I have been trying to feed a more varied protein based diet as opposed to plant matter. Saying that though I did try feeding blanched peas which they did not accept. Any ideas will be appreciated?
I will post pictures of one of my threadfin acara tomorrow when I turn the lights on but essentially around the fishes lateral line I’ve found two whitish circular looking patches which are definitely not ich, after monitoring the fish for today and checking the other heckelii it’s definitely unusual and I’m pretty sure heckelii are prone to lateral line disease as most cichlids are.. what concerns me is that my pH is 6.8, gh 100 and temp is at 26° currently which all three are quite close too natural conditions. The fish in question also has not grown nearly as much as the other heckelii with the other one being almost twice its size now (both were purchased at the same size) I will get some close up pictures tomorrow sorry for the inconvenience. The fish has been eating normally on a diet of vitalis american cichlid pellets (Ill get the proper spelling tomorrow sorry) and also bloodworms however both heckelii aren’t too keen on the bloodworms, I presume if the illness happens to be lateral line disease then it will be dietary caused as I have been trying to feed a more varied protein based diet as opposed to plant matter. Saying that though I did try feeding blanched peas which they did not accept. Any ideas will be appreciated?
