Red Spots/Sores

[cpatval]

One of my rainbows has developed a few red spots/sores. There's one big on on his right side, a small one on his upper left side, and a couple on top. His scales are slightly raised in those areas. Any ideas on what this could be and how I can treat him? He's eating just fine and acting normal.

I'm trying to upload 3 pictures. Hopefully I posted them correctly. And sorry, they're a little blurry. I couldn't get him to stay still long enough for a clean shot. Let me know if i should try again.

Ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 20ppm
Nitrites - 0
ph - 7.5

Thanks.

Can't seem to upload pictures. I go to attach files, it thinks for a bit, then goes blank. Seems i need help with this too.

 

[Lotus]

Here's a link on how to upload pictures: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/rate-my-tank-freshwater/29317-picture-posting-info.html

Is this a rainbowfish or rainbow cichlid? What else is in the tank? It sounds like either wounds from fighting or a bacterial infection.

 

[cpatval]

Tankmates (and hopefully pics)

Boesmani Rainbowfish (sorry for being unclear). He's in a 55g tank with
1 Angelfish
2 Red Rainbowfish (juveniles)
1 Pictus
1 Suncatfish
2 Pearl Gouramis
3 swordtails
and 2 more Boemani Rainbows. (one juvenile)

(if pics don't upload again, I'll try again with another computer)

EDIT: Now i'm getting a error trying to upload pics.
“http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/newattachment.php?do=manageattach&p=”. The error was: “bad server response” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1011

 

[Lotus]

I doubt they're wounds from aggression, given the tankmates. I think you should treat for bacterial infection. Maracyn Two with Maracyn One together, or Maracyn Plus should work. You'll probably need to treat the whole tank.

Pictures would help, if you can do that. I use Photobucket.com to upload pics, then link/embed them here. It works well for me. The attachment feature on the site only allows small pics, unfortunately, and the image size doesn't usually give a clear enough picture for ID of fish or diseases.

 

[cpatval]

Pics!

Hopefully you'll see a picture that's not too tiny.

 

[MissFishy]

Yikes, looks pretty bad. Have you added anything to the tank recently?

 

[cpatval]

No, nothing. I did treat the tank recently for ick, however the spots were there before and i was hoping they'd disappear after, but they obviously have not.

EDIT: That's not completely true. I think i added a couple of swordtails right around that time. Then I had the outbreak of ick which I treated. I can't remember which came first, the red spots or swordtails, but i do remember treating for ich afterwards and all fishes, minues this one, come out clean. Pretty sure it's not ick anymore. There are no white spots.

 

[Lotus]

It looks bacterial, most likely an internal/systemic bacterial infection like septecimia. I'd recommend treating with the antibiotics listed above.

 

[cpatval]

Thank you very much for your help!

 

[cpatval]

Tomorrow will be the 10th day of treatment (2 rounds) of Maracyn One with Maracyn Two and there has been no improvement. My Rainbow fish seems fine otherwise. Still eating well. Acting normal but still has the red spots/sores. Any other suggestions? I'm at a lost.