Tail issues

[TeeJay]

My large female redtail splitfin goodeids has something on her tail..a few weeks ago it seemed like she scraped it on something. It seemed to be healing well then just a day or two ago I noticed it starting to get fuzzy for the lack of better term...any ideas. @Colu no issues with anyone else in the tank. Temp is 73 oh about 7.2-7.4 high hardness

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/DgN57OmASPs?si=XzrGbvLEc0iJ2VcN

[Guppysnail]

@Odd Duck I was hoping you would know?

[Colu]

Looking at the pictures it could have a bacterial component with the fuzzy appearance you described it could have a secondary fungal infection what I would do is  quarantine if you can and treat with maracyn2 in food feeding a small amount twice a day for 7 days and dose the tank with ick X combination of the two medication will treat bacterial and fungal infections and you could add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons that will aid Gill function and add essential electrolytes @TeeJay

 

Edited May 23 by Colu

[TeeJay]

On 5/22/2024 at 8:51 PM, Colu said:

Looking at the pictures it could have a bacterial component with the fuzzy appearance you described it could have a secondary fungal infection what I would do is  quarantine if you can and treat with maracyn2 in food feeding a small amount twice a day for 7 days and dose the tank with ick X combination of the two medication will treat bacterial and fungal infections and you could add a small amount of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 5 gallons that will aid Gill function and add essential electrolytes @TeeJay

 

Yes I got her in a qt tank and just added a bit of salt until I had a better idea of what was going on 

[Odd Duck]

it looks rather suspiciously tumor like to me.  It seems like it has some “heft” to vs the very light, fluttery, super fluffy look of most fungus.  Plus I don’t know of any fish fungus species that’s pinkish but tumors are often pinkish.  I can’t be certain, she’s moving too fast and I can’t find where I can slow down the playback speed since it’s a “short”.  Do you happen to have a longer video of it on YouTube so I can choose the playback speed?

Because of where it’s located, you might be able to snip it off.  You might get a tiny bit of bleeding, but it shouldn’t be much.  Ideally, you would have a vet check it but it can be very tough to find a vet willing to do fish and they aren’t cheap when you can find them.  🤷🏻‍♀️ If you want to come to Texas, I’m happy to help.

[TeeJay]

On 5/23/2024 at 1:01 AM, Odd Duck said:

it looks rather suspiciously tumor like to me.  It seems like it has some “heft” to vs the very light, fluttery, super fluffy look of most fungus.  Plus I don’t know of any fish fungus species that’s pinkish but tumors are often pinkish.  I can’t be certain, she’s moving too fast and I can’t find where I can slow down the playback speed since it’s a “short”.  Do you happen to have a longer video of it on YouTube so I can choose the playback speed?

Because of where it’s located, you might be able to snip it off.  You might get a tiny bit of bleeding, but it shouldn’t be much.  Ideally, you would have a vet check it but it can be very tough to find a vet willing to do fish and they aren’t cheap when you can find them.  🤷🏻‍♀️ If you want to come to Texas, I’m happy to help.

https://youtu.be/wRNy4vVtKa4?si=zsHwv1PB-SGcdNeW

[Odd Duck]

On 5/23/2024 at 4:33 AM, TeeJay said:

https://youtu.be/wRNy4vVtKa4?si=zsHwv1PB-SGcdNeW

Unfortunately that looks fleshy to me.  Which means likely to be a tumor.  That doesn’t mean it’s malignant, so it could be removed and the tail would be pretty likely to grow back.