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I'm hoping that this gets a bit more of a look than the illness forum.
I have a 125 gal tank that used to house a number of african cichlids. Now its home to just a handful. I went away for a couple of weeks on business and when I came home my husband had "surprised" me with a half dozen rainbows. That was all fine and good, but he didn't put them in the QT tank. So, fairly soon after the new rainbows died off one by one, til they were all gone. Once all of the new rainbows were gone, my cichlids started dieing off. I'm now down to TWO cichlids, a giant danio and 3 bristlenose plecos. The danio and plecos are eating, acting normal, and are just great. The cichlids are not eating, and are hiding for most of the day. The OB Zebra tries to eat, but spits it right back out. The male salousi goes towards the food but never takes a bite. I've tested the water again and again, and the parameters are right in normal range.
When the new rainbows died off I did numerous water changes. When my cichlids started dieing, I found one that looked like it had either an ulcer or a parasite, so I treated with Aquarium Pharm "General Cure" because it was an anti-parasitic. It stopped them from dieing and they started looking a LOT better. Everyone started eating again, and seemed fine. about a month later the same symptoms popped up. Not eating, hiding all day, etc. I re-treated with General cure, but its not gotten better. I treated with maracyn 2, and still no change. Still not eating, still hiding.
The weird thing is, tho, the danio and plecos are just fine. Eating, swimming normal, everything.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
I have a 125 gal tank that used to house a number of african cichlids. Now its home to just a handful. I went away for a couple of weeks on business and when I came home my husband had "surprised" me with a half dozen rainbows. That was all fine and good, but he didn't put them in the QT tank. So, fairly soon after the new rainbows died off one by one, til they were all gone. Once all of the new rainbows were gone, my cichlids started dieing off. I'm now down to TWO cichlids, a giant danio and 3 bristlenose plecos. The danio and plecos are eating, acting normal, and are just great. The cichlids are not eating, and are hiding for most of the day. The OB Zebra tries to eat, but spits it right back out. The male salousi goes towards the food but never takes a bite. I've tested the water again and again, and the parameters are right in normal range.
When the new rainbows died off I did numerous water changes. When my cichlids started dieing, I found one that looked like it had either an ulcer or a parasite, so I treated with Aquarium Pharm "General Cure" because it was an anti-parasitic. It stopped them from dieing and they started looking a LOT better. Everyone started eating again, and seemed fine. about a month later the same symptoms popped up. Not eating, hiding all day, etc. I re-treated with General cure, but its not gotten better. I treated with maracyn 2, and still no change. Still not eating, still hiding.
The weird thing is, tho, the danio and plecos are just fine. Eating, swimming normal, everything.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.