Sick Electric Blue Acara

[toeknee]

Hello all, attached is a short video of one of my electric blue acaras. It has been slowly losing color for weeks, she can swim but lays on the substrate and plants the majority of the time. Still eating, but losing weight. She only comes out to eat but otherwise hides in plants.

Thoughts on what this could be and what treatment should I move forward with. Im suspecting internal parasites. All the rest of my fish are doing just fine. Ph 7.8, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, nitrate hovers around 25pp. I dose NilocG Thrive twice weekly with weekly 40% water changes.

 

[A201]

Maybe start with Prazipro. If that doesn't help, then Levamisole laced food.

 

[Angelfish1977]

Don’t medicate unless you know for certain what’s wrong.

 

[A201]

I totally agree with that advice in the majority of situations. As a mater of fact I often provide the same advice. Lol

In this case it's quite apparent that the EBA is sick. No indication of Ich or Oodinium. The whitening of the skin tissue might be due to excess slime production caused by flukes.

The two dewormers I suggested pose no threat to the aquarium environment, or tankmates.