Gold Severum symptoms

[Dana]

I am hoping someone knows what's wrong with my 4 year old Gold Severum. He has several white/reddish pimples, isn't eating and isn't responding to anti-fungus/anti-bacteria medication. I've removed charcoal, made two water changes and two treatments of medicine containing a combination of nitrofurazone, furazolidone, potassium dichromate over the past week. I see no changes whatsoever. Any suggestions??

Dana

[Grummie2]

Hi Dana.
From the pic it looks like the outward signs of a serious head infection (similar to, if not, HITH). The damage is being done deep inside the head cavity, the pimples are the 'infection' coming to the surface, it may be followed soon by 'popeye' and inflamed nasal area. It is very serious, I've only seen a few fish survive. Treatment can be attempted using meds containing metronidozole (Clout / Octozin). I hope I'm wrong, but it's a common problem with SA and CA cichlids....

[Ken Boorman]

I think Graham hit the nail on the head. I would keep doing large water changes and treat as he suggested. Oh, and cross your fingers.

Ken

[Dana]

many thanks, fingers crossed. curious as to causality. same fish. same tank. 5 years, nothing new except silk plants on occasion. odd.

Dana

[Grummie2]

Hi Dana. I see this occuring mostly in mature tanks where the filters/substrate holds a large amount of organic waste. The filters are working fine, so no water quality issues, but the levels of bacteria are very high which might be a breeding ground for certain pathogens. Gravel vac and clean sponges on a regular basis so they maintain efficiency should help minimize the risk, but other factors may be at work....

[lidria]

hi there so glad i found this forum and this post.I lost a ywo year old severum four months ago to this same illness and now my 10 year old severum is showing the same:( any advice or experience on this disease would be much appreciated. thankyou.
I am treating tank with interpet 9 and hoping for the best

[Grummie2]

Hi Lidria. The advice in the above posts still hold true for me, make sure your filters are cleaned out (in old tank water) and the substrate vacc'd. Interpet 9 is worth a shot, but if there's no improvement after the course then switch to 'octozin' (in the UK) or 'metronidozole' in the US. The chance of recovery is low but not impossible if caught early and the (unseen) damage is not too great.

Good luck !!

[lidria]

thankyou for reply, I am waiting for interpet 9 to see results then will try the medication you advised. my severum is quiet and hardly eating i
was thinking of doing a water change, running some carbon and trying new medication as soon as possible, i havent given up hope, but its fading:(

[lidria]

hi, i am on the third day of octozin and all the sores have cleared up:) my main issue now is she is not eating:( i am going to try brine shrimp wiht added garlic, fingers crossed and thankyou for help

[sterilizers]

I have similar symptoms. I hope to eliminate it...