The Red Zebra is a Mbuna cichlid and is also know by many other names including Orange Zebra, Cherry Red Zebra, Orange Blue Mouth Breeder, Tilapia Zebra. I don't think you can really cure lymphocystis, but you can reduce stress on the fish so the flare up dies down.The Red Zebra Originates from Lake Malawi in Africa. If it's viral, your best bet is to make sure you're feeding high quality foods with probiotics and vitamins, I think, if the fish are still eating. It might even cause fins to tear if a fish gets a heavy growth that creates drag in the water towards the edge of a fin. Have you considered Lymphocystis? It can cause tumors, growths, lumps, bumps, fuzzy spots on fins. It helps bind the meds to the fish, supposedly. When I dose the tank (as opposed to food) I also use a product like Seachem's Stress Guard or Kordon's fish protector. Kanamycin comes to mind and Furan/Furanase is also an option. If you think this is something bacterial, you may want to go with something broad spectrum that can be absorbed more readily through the skin. My understanding of Metro is that it's not as readily available when dosed in the tank as it is when it's consumed. I don't have KH & GH specs handy, but if it seems like they'll help the diagnosis I'll corner my better half so she helps meĪre you able to remove the fish showing symptoms? I would take them out if other fish seem healthy.I haven't done a water quality test lately (I'm colorblind and need the wife's assistance, when she's willing), but I rarely have issues that I can trace to water quality.Typically do two or three 15 - 30% water changes a week.Filtration: 2 Eheim 2217s, 1 Fluval FX5, UV filter.The tank is established, it's been up for about a year.220 gallon mostly Mbuna tank (there are a few medium/large haps, plus a medium sized Frontosa).I've had only one casualty in the tank, and it was with an older fish that I'm not sure was showing symptoms, so it may have been coincidental. Dose the entire tank with Metronidazole for a week: no change (except a lighter wallet)Īs far as I can tell the symptoms are vaguely similar to Columnaris in that the mouths and fins are effected, however everything I've read says that Columnaris kills in hours to days, this has been going on for months in my tank so I don't think that's it.Drop the temp to 76 degrees for a week: no change.Raise the tank temp to 81 degrees for a week: no change.Out of desperation I've tried a couple of random things to no avail: Any help anyone can provide is deeply appreciated. All behavior seems normal: swimming, protecting territory, eating, I've even got a female that is starting to show symptoms that is holding fry, so they're even spawning.īut in the couple of fish where I first noticed symptoms there's unmistakably something vey wrong. Following that there is weird swelling of the mouth/lips, and even weirder deformation and swelling to the fins, plus changes to coloration. Normally I'd think there had just been a bit of nipping. Near as I can tell symptoms first start in the dorsal fin, with some irregularity to the top edge. Whatever it is that I'm seeing, it isn't from the fish tussling with each other. It's now a couple of months later, and there is clearly something vey wrong. Everyone was eating and acting normal so I just chalked it up to the typical Mbuna battle scars. I figured that there had been some lip-locking scuffles and thought nothing more of it. A while back I noticed a couple of my bigger males had swollen lips.
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