Red Near Gills and Lips - African Cichlid

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Lemon Jake Peacocks - about a week ago the four females developed redness near gills and lips. They are the only species in the tank. Don't see it on the male, but he is colored. Fish act healthy, eat well, and in fact, one female as of yesterday is holding for the first time.
Nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, all great. PH around 8. One-third water changes every 10 days. 135 gallon tank.
Do I try to treat it? Just keep an eye on it? Any idea what it is?

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Looks like septicemia. Check the water and make sure tank is cycled and keep nitrates below 20ppm. Add some triple sulfa, maracyn2 or kanamycin.
 
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Looks exactly like the issue with my fish. I hate to say it but I was unable to find an adequate “cure”. Some of the fish that were afflicted did recover but the majority did not live. I am thinking that it might have something to do with the individual fish and their immune systems. Many fish in the tank never even showed any symptoms.
Looks like there is also the same redness along the dorsal fin.
 
I'd like to save the fry, maybe I will let the holding female carry on for a week if she can, then strip and tumble in another tank.
At that point I can decide how/if to treat the tank and fish.
Ammonia/nitrite's zero. Nitrates at 10.
 
Any update punman punman on how the fish is doing, if you treated or ?
 
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punman said:
I'd like to save the fry, maybe I will let the holding female carry on for a week if she can, then strip and tumble in another tank.
At that point I can decide how/if to treat the tank and fish.
Ammonia/nitrite's zero. Nitrates at 10.
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Any updates on the fish?
 
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