WendiDell
Aquarium Advice Addict
3 days ago a strange growth appeared on the left side of my lovely Opaline Gourami's (Gen. U. S.Grant) face. It's just below his left eye, it's kind of bumpy like a wart, but no change in color so it's very hard to see except at just the right angle.
I promptly removed him from the tank. He lives with 14 Lake Malawi Cichlids.
I then examined him very close and found 2 holes in the top of his head. It looked like the description of HITH, never having seen it before I had to guess. I already had a bottle of Jungle Hole-N-head Guard so I fallowed the directions and treated him. And just in case it was contagious, I treated all the fish in the main tank.
The next day the tank with my Gourami (Grant) had tons of clear stringy stuff floating in the water. Which confirmed my fear that it was HITH.
I was reading the entire label and I came across a statement that I need to find out what it means.
The label states " HITH is common to Gouramis,Discus, Oscars, and other South American Cichlids.
Does that mean that Cichlids from Africa are safe from HITH. Or are they just a likely to get as the South American Cichlids?
Should I keep treating the main tank even though none of them are showing any signs of HITH?
I'm really worried about my Cichlids.
Grant is appears to be getting better. he hole are almost gone and the stringy mucus is gone. The growth is smaller, but I still don't know what caused it.
Any one have a clue what the growth could be?
And is there something else I can do to keep my other fish from getting HITH?
I promptly removed him from the tank. He lives with 14 Lake Malawi Cichlids.
I then examined him very close and found 2 holes in the top of his head. It looked like the description of HITH, never having seen it before I had to guess. I already had a bottle of Jungle Hole-N-head Guard so I fallowed the directions and treated him. And just in case it was contagious, I treated all the fish in the main tank.
The next day the tank with my Gourami (Grant) had tons of clear stringy stuff floating in the water. Which confirmed my fear that it was HITH.
I was reading the entire label and I came across a statement that I need to find out what it means.
The label states " HITH is common to Gouramis,Discus, Oscars, and other South American Cichlids.
Does that mean that Cichlids from Africa are safe from HITH. Or are they just a likely to get as the South American Cichlids?
Should I keep treating the main tank even though none of them are showing any signs of HITH?
I'm really worried about my Cichlids.
Grant is appears to be getting better. he hole are almost gone and the stringy mucus is gone. The growth is smaller, but I still don't know what caused it.
Any one have a clue what the growth could be?
And is there something else I can do to keep my other fish from getting HITH?