Growth on saddled bichir. (PIC INSIDE)

[StreetCypher]

Hey, I just noticed a red sore on the bottom of my endlicheris lower jaw.
Any ideas as to what it is? Its cause? And how to fix it?

The only thing i can think of thats different is i switched substrate from onyx sand to tahitian moon sand 1 week ago. A week ago i also added a bunch of ceramic rings. Water parameters are all 0, with nitrates at 20, ph was a little lower than normal sitting at 6.0-6.2ish.

I suspect the tahitiam moon sand may be too rough for my bottom dwellers

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

looks like an ulcer mate,
put him in his own tank and try a salt bath,if that doesnt work try melafix.

Hope Ive helped.

 

[cpr4cpu]

I have seen similar types of irrritations on my various bichirs but with regular water changes and keeping the nitrates low (under 5ppm in a non-planted tank) you can usually get away with lower pH. They seem to do best in warmer waters, my most active and happiest pair live in a tank that hits as much as 36C. You might just be suffering from a bit of stress from the changes, so as long as the sore shrinks or loses the redness you are probably just fine.

I would take a look at the nitrates in conjunction with the acidic pH. Maybe try to do more or larger water changes to get the nitrate down as low as you can go. Also, be sure to feed them a good meat-rich diet. Mine get raw chicken bits, raw fish and shrimp and they love Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets (mine eat them out of my hand usually)

Your bichir is beautiful by the way...

 

[Gambusia]

Aquarium salt and melafix bath.

 

[StreetCypher]

I've done 2 50% water changes over the last 2 days...
They get a good diet, temp is 82F

I'm going to do another water change tomorrow and see if the clean water will heal it up. If not then i'll add some meds.