I've 6 cichlids for over 2 years now and all of a sudden 4 of them died within 3 weeks and another one has white crusty stuff sticking outta his eyes, the symptoms are white stuff all over the body and redness around the fins, does anyone know what this is and how do i stop it?!

man... that sounds like a major bacterial infection... but i've never seen that before first hand... can you take any pictures..? and have you dealt with ick before...? is it ick...?

are the eye's swollen and grey...?

oh shnap...!!

that's crazy...




hmm... i'm trying to think what it could be... hold on i'll look in my disease book i have here in the office...




looks like your cichlid has Velvet... treat the tank with maracyde RIGHT AWAY!... this is a parasitic disease and is sometimes caused by exposure to nitrite or prolonged high nitrate levels, so increasing water change schedule in this tank may be in order...


dude good luck... and i hope i'm right... but i would still want to see pictures... let me see if i find some online somewhere...

Thanks alot for finding that! Im on my mobile right now, i wish i can show a pic, i took a couple of my leporinus, he was the only one not hiding, hopefully i can get the pics up so u can see what im talking about

go to petsmart or petco and get some maracyn... quick...


hopefully you could save those poor fish you have left...




good luck... and keep us posted...