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My African Cichlid Alpha male Ngara Peacock has just died and I'm not really sure why. Two of my other male peacocks are also exhibiting the same symptoms as the Alpha male was. The Ngara Peacock had been swimming in the upper part of the tank and had been breathing hard for the past couple days. He also hadn't eaten at all. He has no visible injuries on his body, so I'm not sure what has killed him. I checked the ammonia levels and there weren't noticeable levels. Anyone have any ideas what happened and treatment for my other Peacocks??

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Do you have any Pics of this disease? I found some, but they weren't clear at all. I have another fish who has several visible bubbles on him and I want to move him to another tank or I'm afraid he won't make it. The hospital tank I have has a ph of 7.0, while my tank is at 7.6. Would this move kill the fish??

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Now that I've read a little more about the disease they were saying an indicator may be bubbles on the top of the water from gasses coming into the tank. My power head 402 has been causing large amounts of bubbles since I've head it set up in there. I just unplugged it and the bubbles on the top of the tank are disappearing. I also have been putting water in from the hose outside of the house, could that be a contributor?

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I just remembered, my temperatre has been hovering around 80-82 degress, whether that makes a difference. An OB fish is now on the bottom of the tank breathing hard and he's lopsided. I did a 50% water change today. Anyone think I should medicate the tank and if so, with what? I don't want to lose any more of my fish.
 
I"m sorry i can't be much help as I haven't a clue when it comes to fish diseases but i'll try.

When you say bubbles on the fish are they bubbles jsut stuck to the fish or are the bubbles forming under the fish's skin? What are you water test results? Have you done any water changes?

Are there bubbles anywhere on the walls or other stuff in the tank?I ask because i used to just add my water straight from teh tap into the tank by a hose and our water has a lot of disolved gas in it. I would also get a tank full of tiny bubbles taht would stick to everythgin in tha tank(walls, plants,) it would even stick to the fish.
 
I am currently having a similar problem with my Oscars...the tiny bubbles on them are accompanied by a clear, stringy material that looks like wet spiderwebs...this web-like substance is also attached to some of the rocks and plastic plants in the tank...As a precautionary measure (supposing its some kind of fungus?), I've been treating them with Maricyn tablets...But it's been 4 days of treatments, and no progress on the gooey stuff and bubbles...
 
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