Need Help Blue Acara Bleeding!

[Xclaw]

MY Blue Acara appears to be bleeding at the base of all his fins and just above his mouth where i guess his nose is has a pinprick size of bloodred. I noticed this last week and it went away withing an hour but now it has been steady for a day and a half now. The ammonia is at 0 and the ph is at 7, i added some ph down to lower the ph a little but it hasn't kicked in yet.

Any information is more than appreciated.

Thankyou for your time, i will be around in about an hours time if you need more information.

Thankyou again


Brian

[Tightdog1]

sorry bunch of questions.

so hes bleeding?
is there blood in the tank? or is it just a red spot?
are there any other fish in the tank?

but it sounds like a bacterial infection.from the information you provided.
can you take any pictures of it?

[Xclaw]

it appears that the base of his fins are bloated with blood and there is no blood in the tank. The tankmates are 4 bronze corys and a algae eater that looks like a flying fox, none of which pay attention to the blue acara. I am unable to supply any pictures :(

[Tightdog1]

sorry i didnt get back to you sooneer but i had to work and go to school and all that crap.

need to consult my books since im not at home but i would treat with melafix, or biospheres anti bacterial, or other anti bacterial medicine, i will get more info for to later 2nite since i will be able to search my books for the exact disease.

j/w what size tank?
and how often you do water changes?

[Xclaw]

tank size is 33 gallons and water change is 50% monthly

The bleeding has gotten worse and it is very visible around his mouth and "nose" area.

I will treat the tank with melafix tonight asap.

[Mr.Jingles]

you could save some money by freezing him and raising another juvi...

other than that, I dont know how to help

[Tightdog1]

does he have any other symptoms like fin rot, or small skin ulcers?
does the red appear in streaks or just spots?

if i were you i would also do a water change of about 25% every week. and/or quarrantine him.

[Xclaw]

just last night his fins appears to have black stuff on them, never noticed this before. Ever since trreating with melafix he has been a little more active but it just appears as if the bases of all this fins are filling with blood and 2 point on the corner of hismouth have little streaks of vlood in them. Still treating with melafix and will do the 25 percent water change after treatment as the instruction call for.

Any other ideas? All other fish are in perfect health.

I really want him to pull thru since he's pretty much the whole reason I got my tank :(

[Tightdog1]

keep me posted on how that melafix turns out.

[DarthV]

Hrmmm you only do 50% water change every month? You might want to step that up to 25-30% every week.

[Tightdog1]

thank you DARTHV thats what i said 25% every week

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

if you wanna breed acaras i have 3 words for you "GOOD CLEAN WATER" thats all i have to say oh + male and female

[Tightdog1]

DRAGONLORD just have something for you on that i havce my breeding pair of blue acars in a totally overstocked 55g with 2 9" pacus and 3 other blues. ammonia is in dangerous levels and so is nitrate. but they still breed every 2 weeks, they just cant stop doin it, i think they are sex fiends.

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

thats most likely because they are a breeding pair but the get them started you should add clean water every 2nd day


and if your ammonia s high and you know it why dont you do some water changes(it helps you know)

and if you know about it still you shouldnt be in the hobby flat chat:mad:

[Tightdog1]

actually i do a 40% water change twice a week. and they started to breed in that tank so they must like something about it. but yea all i need to do is get rid of my pacus which i were told were silver dollars at petco when i was inexperienced, but i later learned that they were paucs, and now no 1 wants them and i cant jsut put them into a lake and i cant buy a new tank bkuz my parents wont let me.

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

if you wanna breed acaras i have 3 words for you "GOOD CLEAN WATER" thats all i have to say oh + male and female

you said you do a 40% water change well you must replace the old water with NEW CLEAN WATER am i right or and i right???

[Tightdog1]

yea yea yea good clean water ok.

yea the 40% is good clean water.

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

see i told you:eek: