Spitzzard Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Hi guys, I just noticed this today, there's a white lump on the base of my male Apisto's pectoral fin. Can anyone tell me what this might be and if I should be concerned? The fish is active and behaving normally. There's also a little bit of weird growth on his upper lip that looks like peeling skin, not sure if its related, thanks! Water param is a bit on the harder side for apistos 7.4 PH, temp 78-82F from the front it's clearly raised, also the peeling skin looking thing on the upper lip is more obvious here. comparison from the other side, nothing wrong here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Beautiful Apisto! Might be fungus? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 In that location - at the base of the fin - maybe it started as an injury. I would guess fungus, too. Malachite green? Where is @Coluwhen we need him? Since the fish is eating and behaving normally, I might give it a chance to resolve on its own, and treat if it gets worse. Nice-looking fish. Hope he gets better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) On 2/24/2022 at 1:02 AM, Spitzzard said: Hi guys, I just noticed this today, there's a white lump on the base of my male Apisto's pectoral fin. Can anyone tell me what this might be and if I should be concerned? The fish is active and behaving normally. There's also a little bit of weird growth on his upper lip that looks like peeling skin, not sure if its related, thanks! Water param is a bit on the harder side for apistos 7.4 PH, temp 78-82F from the front it's clearly raised, also the peeling skin looking thing on the upper lip is more obvious here. comparison from the other side, nothing wrong here. Possible fungus on lip and injury on pectoral fin I would treat with ick x and maracyn together that will cover all bases Edited February 24, 2022 by Colu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 thanks y'all, luckily i have both ich-x and maracyn on hand, will get a quarantine tank ready tomorrow and get this little guy in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Hi again, got some not so great update on this, this morning I noticed half of his upper lip seems to be swollen and rotting, almost like something took a bite out of it. I'm on the 6th day of ich-x and maracyn treatment, going to do a big water change today. But the medicine didn't seem to help. Is there anything else I can try? Also I did notice the tissue in that area was more pale than the other side yesterday, but it seems to have got a lot worse today. Other than that the fish is still eating and behaving normally and seem to be generally happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 3/4/2022 at 12:14 AM, Spitzzard said: Hi again, got some not so great update on this, this morning I noticed half of his upper lip seems to be swollen and rotting, almost like something took a bite out of it. I'm on the 6th day of ich-x and maracyn treatment, going to do a big water change today. But the medicine didn't seem to help. Is there anything else I can try? Also I did notice the tissue in that area was more pale than the other side yesterday, but it seems to have got a lot worse today. Other than that the fish is still eating and behaving normally and seem to be generally happy. What I would do is Qarantine if you can and treat with kanaplex in food and aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons I would up the salt gradually to 1 table spoon for 1 gallon after a couple of days feed the medicated food twice a day for 7 days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Roger that, will get a 10 gallon ready today. The recipe also have Focus, i'm assuming Seachem Focus? Is that needed? Edited March 4, 2022 by Spitzzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) On 3/4/2022 at 1:27 AM, Spitzzard said: Roger that, will get a 10 gallon ready today. The recipe also have Focus, i'm assuming Seachem Focus? Is that needed? Yes seachems focus it acts as a binding agent to bind the medication to the food Edited March 4, 2022 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 5:53 PM, Colu said: Yes seachems focus it acts as a binding agent to bind the medication to the food got it, will get that ready, appreciate the help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitzzard Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 Just want to post a quick update, after feeding food mixed with kanaplex for about one and half weeks it seems to have stopped the infection from getting worse, though I think some damage has been done and one side of the fish's month looks a bit caved in, but at least I didn't lose him. I did notice him having a little problem getting bigger chunks of food into his mouth sometimes but overall he seems happy and healthy. The white bump on his fin has completely healed as well. Thanks everyone for the help and especially @Colu for the detailed instructions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Good to hear he's recovering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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