Spyder Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 HI all, one of my cyp's is sick Been moving into a new house recently and finished transferring fish to their permanent home in the new place. Notice soon after that one of my cyps had developed a small lump near their tail. This lump soon grew and within 3 - 4 days it had broken through the skin. Towards day 5 i noticed that half the head had gone real dark...but only half?!?! I started medicating with pimafix and melafix from day 1. It has now been exactly a week and it has only gotten worse.The fish does not eat, and is swimming quite slowly. However it is still in control of itself...i.e. not dying on the bottom of the tank or anything...yet! So it is still wimming but just not very fast, and not eating either. I just did about a 40% water change today, and am thinking of switching to sterazin as a medication. But would really appreciate any thoughts. Here's some pics today: not in focus i know, but it shows the half of the head which has gone dark. same again, except under a blue light pic of sore/lump near tail, you can see this half of the head is not dark, but you can just see the line where it goes dark on the other side: another pic...as well as my hand or something lol appreciate any help. cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citypainter Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 It really looks like a parasite to me. You should Isolate the effected fish. I would actually Uthanase it by freezing it. That way the parasite cannot find a new host. Some of the experts here should be able to come up with a chemical to kill them off or stop them spreading. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy65 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 You cant rule out TB either...a recent study showed that 40 - 50% of aquarium fish carry TB.....ulcerative leisons (and lumps) and pigmnet change can occur with TB... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafa Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hi Spyder. Very difficult to tell but the first thing(as suggested by Citypainter)would be to remove the fish to a treatment tank if you have one. I don't think it's a tumor(death dealing but not common in cichlids). It could be a skin fluke in which case I'd use "Paragon". If it's an ulcer I'd probably go for "Acriflavin". In either case I'd up the aeration and add some salt to assist the treatment. If it's T.B. you're better of euthanising. Sorry I can't be more help but difficult to I.D. from the photo's. All the best Cafa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 HI, thanks for the tips. I think i may have to euthanase, but i'm going to leave it one or two more days just to see if there is any improvement at all. it looks as if another lump has come up behind the fin and the fish is even looking a little more bloated, so not looking good will update as things progress. I am hopeless with hospital tanks...as soon as i set one up i can't resist putting other fish in instead lol, nevermind! cheers, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPM1976 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Try Wardleys promethyasul i've had fish with something like that lump before and this worked.Give it a go anyway before you euthanase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citypainter Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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