Hoplarchus Psittacus strange hole

[lenkapena]

Hello dear mfk. This is my first post but ive been following Mfk for a long time and found a lotbif usefull information. I do have 5 tanks, 25,45,2x240 and 1000 litters (about 260 gallons i guess if google says truth One of my favourite are Hoplarchus Psittacus. I have noticed sometime ago a little scratch on one of them. Now it looks more like a hole . Can it be hexamita ? If yes ..what should i do. I do give food with epsom salt as says in topic of treating hexamita with epsom salt from your site. I do give it as a profilactic once a month or few. I cant see any other problems in fishes at the moment. Red spot severum was really bad with hexamita bet epsom salt + spirohexol broughr her back to life about 4 month ago. Food im giving is Omega one, Dainichi veggie fx , Dainichi krill, Different hikari, Spirulina flakes. Rare, very rare frozen gamarrus, bloodworms. Also often spinache, cucamber cukinija. There are few questions i would like to ask . 1. Do i need to give some medicine to my parrot or there is nothing to worry? 2. Could you tell me if im lucky and i have a pair ? One started chasing another ( with that hole the one been chased ) Ibtried to look at them genitalia Looks a bit different. Attaching pictures. Sorry for my bad english, its not my mothers language Thank you in advance. Regards, Jelena.

 

[tlindsey]

Welcome aboard
Looks like a scrape or wound to me.
kno4te
duanes
Rocksor

 

[lenkapena]

Welcome aboard
Looks like a scrape or wound to me.
kno4te
duanes
Rocksor

Oh ... i do hope so, that nothing dangerous. Otherwise i will need to treat all 1000 litters and a bit confused of how much medicine then i will need. Thank you for your reply.

 

[tlindsey]

Oh ... i do hope so, that nothing dangerous. Otherwise i will need to treat all 1000 litters and a bit confused of how much medicine then i will need. Thank you for your reply.

To be honest I'm not sure that's why I tagged experienced members but hopefully it's just a scrape or wound.

 

[lenkapena]

Thanks a lot !!!

 

[kno4te]

It does look more like a scrape. I’d just dab the area with some hydrogen peroxide or methylene blue on a qtip. Maybe even separate it for a few weeks to keep an eye on it. Keep the water quality with low nitrates as possible.

 

[lenkapena]

It does look more like a scrape. I’d just dab the area with some hydrogen peroxide or methylene blue on a qtip. Maybe even separate it for a few weeks to keep an eye on it. Keep the water quality with low nitrates as possible.

Thanks a lot for a fast reply. Ill try methylene . Sadly i dont have separate tank for such big fish and i dont want to stress it out. I used to have 5 of them , when i sold 3 of them to a person i knew....one was found dead next day... Was healthy...probably stress, tho she lives nearby. Im changing every week 40% 50% of water, 2 filters fx6 and fx5 . Maybe my tank overstocked... Ill check water today. Sad i cant show - post links yet to show my tank on youtube and ask for advices.

 

[Rocksor]

Scrapes appear overnight. If this is a progression of a scrape getting larger then it's lateral line erosion.

What are the numbers for nitrate?

Do you have soft or hard water (GH reading)?

 

[lenkapena]

Scrapes appear overnight. If this is a progression of a scrape getting larger then it's lateral line erosion.

What are the numbers for nitrate?

Do you have soft or hard water (GH reading)?

Ill get back within one hour home and make measurements of nitrates, sunday half of the water has been changed. Also attaching picture of my tank to find out f its overcrowded. They thought ill feed them so all swimed to the front.

 

[Zanzag]

How many fish are in there?/ what's the stock?