my poor babe in my 5 gal has a huge clear bump on his head. What is this? How do it treat it? Is it hereditary? Please help soon I don't know what to do plus my momma gup is preggers and I want to know if the babies will have this issue! Don't want the others to get sick! Please help soon!
Help my male guppy has a large clear bump on his head!!!!!
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Not sure how long it's been there it blends in to his coloring quite well. He's probably about a 6 months old none of the others have this bump though. I can't find any info on it it looks like a blister,it doesn't seem to bother him. I have quarantined him in a breeder box until I know more. Maybe a birth defect not sure. What's your thoughts? I've heard of fish getting tb I really hope that's not the case.
Dizzydea said:
I would doubt it is TB. Fish TB manifests itself in a lot of ways but usually not clear bubbles. My thoughts are that it is a defect or else a wound that has healed a little wrong. If you think he might be contagious you will need to remove him to another tank completely. I think it is too early to treat with meds at the moment but watch for an more signs.
Fishkeeper88
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my guppy had two of these sack like blisters. i caught him in a net and popped it with my finger and it went away. none of the other fish got it. the fish lived for a really long time afterward nothing to worry about i dont think.
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
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could be a fish louse, they are clear and blend well while sucking the fishes blood. or a blister thing as said before. just iv never heard of a fish blister! ha
Ya I really have no idea I'm gonna keep him In the breeder box and get some parasite medicine just incase I decide to treat him, also read something about putting Epsom salt in the water I think I will get some of that as well, or is that only for 1 type of disease?
Fishkeeper88
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i would not do both treatments at the same time it may have an adverse reaction chemically.
Ok so I won't do the salt thing yet, I got some of that antibiotic food stuff but now he won't eat it I think he thinks it tastes funny, he takes n then spits it out. I also have some of that maly green stuff maybe I should try that. Mom is due in a week so I'm nervous about that, hopefully he's not the dad. 
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
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why not? if its a parasite, they would have knocked up before it was even there.
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
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fair enough. hows it going?
Well I just don't know I've been feeding him antibiotic food but it's not getting better , but now I'm noticing that his spine it's a little kinked. Maybe that's why he's has the bump maybe it's a birth defect. But I'm a little paranoid that it's tb ( that's why I was concerned if he was the dad ) but I'm a bit dramatic when it comes to animal illness. Ahhh and now I've noticed that my freshly cleaned tank has flat worms, which I managed to transfer to my baby tank. I also sucked what I thought were a bunch of danio eggs out for the baby tank. I don't know if they were worm eggs instead but I have no danios lots of worms and a bunch of eggs that aren't doing anything. My little fishy world is fallin apart
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
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if its a little kinked, watch out for tb.
symptoms i noticed from an infected tank at a lfs:
- stays near bottom, hardly eats
- slimy, dark and/or flakey damaged scales
- white patches of scales in some cases
- spine curving, one almost had 90 degree angle it was that bad.
- labouring gills, some had clouded eyes
does it have any of these? x
symptoms i noticed from an infected tank at a lfs:
- stays near bottom, hardly eats
- slimy, dark and/or flakey damaged scales
- white patches of scales in some cases
- spine curving, one almost had 90 degree angle it was that bad.
- labouring gills, some had clouded eyes
does it have any of these? x
Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic
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then qt it?
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