tumor?

okay, this is freaky.
i recently bought two nemo fish. and one of them has grown a red bump on its face. ill post a picture asap. but ..honestly. i was wondering if it is treatable or infectous. because the second nemo is started to look a little pale.

 

All kidding aside, if it grew really fast, it's probably not a tumor. It might be an abscess or an internal parasite. Do you have a quarantine tank you can medicate him in?

 

yes i have a hospital tank =)

 

Awesome. I've read of people draining the abscess, if that's what it is with a syringe and then keeping them in the QT for a week or two.

If it's a parasite, keep an eye on it to see if it moves.

 

okay. these clown fish are tiny. what are you saying i should do? syringe???
ill probably just kill it. is there any medication that i can use? what is best?

 

Hrm, I definitely wouldn't do it if I didn't feel comfortable with it. If they're small, it'd be really difficult I'm sure.

It appears to be a bit of an injury. Almost looks like a blood blister or a bruise. Your sig says you have three clowns. That's asking for trouble, IMO.

 

only meds I recommend are melafix and there is 2 types, one is for bacterial infections one for fungal or something like that, not sure this is either type of issue though so would be a waste of $

 

how's the little guy doing?

 

I see that you have a 120g tank. I suppose that should be plenty of room for the possible odd man out to have his own area in the tank. I'm still betting that it's a war-wound.

 

well the first clowns dead,
the second one...looks like it started to get whatever the first one had.
it is in the QT now after i removed it from the main tank,
i was looking into strengthning the fish with copper. good idea? bad idea?
i dont know if this is related but i have a niger trigger, and
now he has a broken fin, that is basically a hole.