What's killing my African Cichlids? Update on my Two Tanks

In this video I give an update on my Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyikan tanks. I also share with you what I believe is the cause for two of my lovely Lake Malawi cichlids passing away, and how I'm going to fix it!
Timestamps:
0:37 - Fluval FX6 competition
1:11 - What's killing my Lake Malawi cichlids?
2:24 - What a very sick aquarium fish looks like
3:16 - Different types of medication
4:06 - My fish that died - one of my favourites :(
6:06 - Tanganyikan tank update
6:58 - Breeding in the Tanganyikan tank
9:03 - Treating a tank with praziquantel
11:34 - Dosing and adding praziquantel into an aquarium
14:19 - The next day
15:49 - Upcoming merch!
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[@brianp6180]

Love the lake tanganyka tank! Looking good. You got me wanting to start another tank!

[@nix_cosplay]

I think it's good to share when things go wrong and what to look for, even if it's sad. Less experienced people may not look at breathing pace and swollen gills.

[@kansasgilleo8963]

Cobgrats on 50k!!

[@laurag1076]

Congratulations on 50k!

[@adamgeiger4990]

Hi Kaity, Beautiful tanks. Ive had africians all my life and Ive never seen such perfect lighting. What are they?

[@pascoerusso8615]

Hi Kaity , congrats on reaching 50k mark .. I remember joining your Chanel when you had only 1k .... So sad that you lost those 2 beautiful african cichlids ... also great video as always Thanks beautiful 😊🤗

[@JonVlogs123]

Hello Kaity, great update, the tanks look amazing. 😎👍

[@bethanysummers3377]

I have just started a peacock only tank after my turtle recently died😢. I was doing Rainbowfish with him but the turtle decided they were good snacks so i gave them to my husband for his tank only a few weeks ago. Thought i would give Africans a go for something different! I hope the meds work for your fish. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@Gary-yd4zm]

Beautiful tanks first of all... Absolutely amazing... What you should do is... Do about 50% water change and add aquarium salt and after a day do another 50% water change... And then add copper salts... But I would not feed them for about 3-5 days... They will be fine... I would also keep the light off because they seem more comfortable without light... I wouldn't put any medicine in there and trust me... Most of not all the aquarium disease can be combated by not feeding as much

[@TheOriginalBrian]

Hi Kaity. You might want to look into salt dips for flukes. I know we do fresh water dips for salt fish flukes. May be worth doing some research. If you can get them out of the tank may be a good idea to do to new fish you add to your tanks. Just a thought.

[@davidglass914]

Thank you for the contents. My cichlids had died a few months ago. Now I'm starting back up with cichlids again. I have a 60 gallons (227 liters) and I am doing peacocks. Don't know if I will put in mbuna as well. But, I thank you for helping me to know what type of food to buy for them. Thank you again and hope your fishes get well soon. By the way, I wish I could enter in n the giveaway but I live in the united states.

[@laurag1076]

Oh kaity, sorry to hear u are having g losses an issue, that sucks...can be such a guessing game and so disheartening... xx u are a good fish mum ❤😊

[@user-qp9jq5vt2r]

I hope it worked your tanks and fish are awesome! Good luck!

[@stephenevans7884]

This is hella interesting

[@alevnafiz1676]

Aquarium salts eases the pressure on the gills and allows the fish to breath easier.

[@khoinguyen-yb3wr]

Hello

[@georgeskondras1513]

The preferred treatment for Flukes, by far, would be Hikari PraziPro.... If that's what it is.. it's also a excellent fish dewormer

[@davidhart4789]

Congrats on the 50K subs. 🌹 I really enjoyed this as it was very interesting on how you were medicating the whole tank. Also you couldn’t have picked a better day for your drawing, December 22, is my 75th birthday. 🎂🎊

[@Wampity]

Simplest answer is always the answer in my experience.

[@rodrigoss8061]

Praziquantel (Prazipro is the best I've ever used) is recommended for treating the entire tank, but it needs 2/3 treatments to reduce the number of parasites and keep the tank healthy. When a fish is heavily infested, whether with dactylogyrus or gyrodactylus, the parasites cause serious lesions on the fish's skin and gills, some bacteria take advantage and the lesion becomes infected. There are some ways to "clean" the fish of parasites and bacterial infection - formalin bath, potassium permanganate bath (pp bath) or treatment with seachem cupramine. These baths kill almost all parasites and allow the fish to begin regenerating, but cannot be done in the main aquarium. For heavily breathing and affected fish, a bath in formalin, pp, is very effective, the fish seems to come back to life immediately. Then return the fish to the tank and continue treating with praziquantel