Help!! What disease is this???

[liljosh609]

Ok, so I've had cichlids for a while. Haven't done anything different. Then come home from school and boom, this guy is dying. He just I flushed him because they were eating him alive and he was missing an eye so I knew he was done. But I want to know if it's a disease that I need to treat, and if so, how? Or if it's just the fish picking on him Btw they were doing a lot of picking on him before and last night he was looking kinda bad. Please help me. Thanks

 

[Gawang]

How long was the fish in the tank? Was he a recent addition?
Is this a south American tank or an African?
What are his tankmates?
Size of aquarium?

 

[Mrc8858]

The picture isn't good enough to definitively say but knowing how my cichlids have killed that just looks like he's been ate up but I could be wrong...was there anything "growing" on him or just look like torn flesh

 

[Gawang]

The picture isn't good enough to definitively say but knowing how my cichlids have killed that just looks like he's been ate up but I could be wrong...was there anything "growing" on him or just look like torn flesh

He looks far too battered to actually see if there even was a disease.

 

[liljosh609]

He was an African in there for over a year. All other Africans jn the tank. Also a Dempsey, ok I know I should not have him but I got it a while ago and he hasnt done much. He just does his own thing and they leave him alone.

 

[liljosh609]

Oh and it's a 55 gallon. He really just looks like he got ripped apart everywhere. But there were some weird looking scratch looking marks on his eyes. Both eyes.

 

[Gawang]

He was an African in there for over a year. All other Africans jn the tank. Also a Dempsey, ok I know I should not have him but I got it a while ago and he hasnt done much. He just does his own thing and they leave him alone.

My guess would be that the Dempsey got a little murder happy and the africans joined in. I wouldn't treat for anything unless you see fish acting ill or have fungus.

Also, fish tend to go for the eyes when fighting another fish.

 

[liljosh609]

Yea I figured that out when they ripped an eye out. Thanks

 

[Gawang]

Yea I figured that out when they ripped an eye out. Thanks

By the way, what species was the fish that was killed?

 

[liljosh609]

Uh it was a brown assorted. Basically just a solid brown afr. Cichlid. He did in, in fact have yellow on the end of dorsal and on his tail fin.