knee Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Need help and some advice. One of my Bolivian rams suddenly started growing this thing on her cheek. At first I thought it was a bruise from a fight or got chased away and hit a rock but it doesn’t seem like it now. Was wondering if anyone has had this happen and knows what to do. these photos were taken last week. I haven’t gotten new photos of her but it seems like the thing, whatever that maybe, got a bit smaller. I’ll try to post a new photo when I get home from work later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 @Colu @Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I’m afraid I’m of no help in identifying the issue. What I would do is add aquarium salt. 1 Tbsp/5 gallons (ok for plants). You may want to remove snails just in case, but nerite snails are fine with salt because they come from brackish water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 8:42 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I’m afraid I’m of no help in identifying the issue. What I would do is add aquarium salt. 1 Tbsp/5 gallons (ok for plants). You may want to remove snails just in case, but nerite snails are fine with salt because they come from brackish water. I have a hospital tank running so I can separate her if that’ll be better. Should I still do 1tbsp/5g for the hospital tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I would start treating with aquarium salt as @Chick-In-Of-TheSeasuggested if your going to use a quarantine tank I would up the level of salt to one table spoon for 3 gallons and add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties after 1 week give an updated @knee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 9:31 AM, Colu said: I would start treating with aquarium salt as @Chick-In-Of-TheSeasuggested if your going to use a quarantine tank I would up the level of salt to one table spoon for 3 gallons and add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties after 1 week give an updated @knee My quarantine tank is only 5g. Should I do two tablespoons of salt? I also have Indian almond leaves and some extract that I can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 8:09 PM, knee said: My quarantine tank is only 5g. Should I do two tablespoons of salt? I also have Indian almond leaves and some extract that I can use. Yes do two table spoons of salt add the almond leaves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 2:09 PM, knee said: My quarantine tank is only 5g. Should I do two tablespoons of salt? I also have Indian almond leaves and some extract that I can use. It would be 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons, or 5 teaspoons if you want to keep to one measuring spoon. A tablespoon is the same as 3 teaspoons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The endler guy Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I have had mine for a couple weeks and never experienced this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I would think it's a wound of some kind. Salt is a good option to start with, but I would also have bacterial meds to follow things up with on hand if you need it. I would lean towards moving the fish, as in something that is a wound isn't contagious where you need to treat the fish. Second to that, inspect your tank where the ram was for reasons for this issue. Whether it is hardscape or something where the fish would accidentally eat something that isn't food and caused an issue. My dose for salt is 1/2 cup per 10G. For your situation you'd be doing 1/4 cup per 5g. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) On 1/29/2023 at 4:22 AM, nabokovfan87 said: My dose for salt is 1/2 cup per 10G. For your situation you'd be doing 1/4 cup per 5g. What level salt does that equate to @nabokovfan87? Levels Edited January 29, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 4:40 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: What level salt does that equate to @nabokovfan87? Levels 1/4 cup is 4 tablespoons, so just under a level 3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 I really appreciate everyone's input. Will setup the hospital tank today since it's water change day, and will update after a week. Thank you all! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) Quote On 1/29/2023 at 2:40 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: What level salt does that equate to @nabokovfan87? Slightly more than level 2. Slightly less than level 3. Just one scoop instead of doing 10+ for a tank. I think from when I had looked it up initially: https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/24976-nermweek-re-written-directions-competition/?do=findComment&comment=228766 Quote Level 1: A hair under 1/4 cup per 10G Level 2: A hair under 1/3 cup per 10G Level 3: 1/2 cup per 10G Edited January 29, 2023 by nabokovfan87 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 So I haven't separated her because she paired up with a male and laid eggs. They're guarding the fry and are about to be free swimming today. She's doing fine and eating well which is good for me because it tells me that whatever she has is probably superficial. I'll separate her when the fry get eaten (I wont be pulling fry and they're in a community) or when they basically don't care much for the fry. I feel like she will be more stressed if I move her now because they have babies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Sounds right @kneemmaybe it's a wound from breeding dances. Who knows. As long as it doesn't look any worse I'd say you're ok. Cory had something weird similar happen with ladybird and he had some sort of a wound on the mouth (internal) that caused swelling and discomfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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