edisondave
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Spike, my Jurupari does not look very well. He has like a white hole on the top of his head and also like a line of it above the top of his right eye. I noticed about 2-3 months ago the space where the white mark is between his eyes looked kind of caved in a little. I just thought maybe he hit it on the lid cause sometimes he will go up pretty hard to get food and bump the lid. Then about 3 weels ago it looked like it opened up and turned white, and about a week ago that white mark showed up over his eye also. And lately he has been hideing most of the time even when I feed them he just kind of stays back which is out of the norm for him. None of the other fish in the tank show any symptoms. From looking online I think it may be HITH (hole in the head disease), though I have not seen any pics that look as bad as Spike.
I have not added anything new in months and do about 40% water changes every 2 weeks, and I use Prime. He's in a 55 gallon with an Emperor 400 filter. I feed him Tetra Min Pro tropical crisps once a day and frozen bloodworms maybe 2-3 times a week. Also in the tank are 3 Bala sharks, 1 angel, 2 festivums, 7 red minors, 3 black tetras, and 5 ottos.Temps at 78, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10, ph 7.4,with an api master kit.
I attached some pics, the best I could get. If anyone knows what this is for sure and can help me save him I would be very greatful. Thanks in advance for any help.
I have not added anything new in months and do about 40% water changes every 2 weeks, and I use Prime. He's in a 55 gallon with an Emperor 400 filter. I feed him Tetra Min Pro tropical crisps once a day and frozen bloodworms maybe 2-3 times a week. Also in the tank are 3 Bala sharks, 1 angel, 2 festivums, 7 red minors, 3 black tetras, and 5 ottos.Temps at 78, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10, ph 7.4,with an api master kit.
I attached some pics, the best I could get. If anyone knows what this is for sure and can help me save him I would be very greatful. Thanks in advance for any help.