Please help! Whats wrong with Clementine?

[matratzac]

Just noticed this today...

my goldfish clementine (~3 yrs old) has a white bump above her eye and this big bulge on her left side... I have read everything I could to try to figure out the problem and she isnt showing the symptoms of alot of the diseases... its not red, it just looks like a tumor on her inside that buldges, but then she also has this growth right above her eye.
I have a 55 gallon, have never had ANY problems whatsoever.

Here are some pics, sorry they arent better but they are the best I could do.

I have circled the areas in question in each

heres the best pic:

 

[matratzac]

no one has any idea?

now there is red behind the scales

 

[LandGhoti]

I don't have any idea, but just wanted to say I hope they go away.
Good luck to you.
Clementine is very pretty.

 

[Devilishturtles]

It's kinda hard to tell from the picture. Does the area seem to be "open"? Spreading at all?

I would look into getting some antibiotics, perhaps tetracycline or maracyn-two. It could be a bacterial infection starting. That's my best guess.

Is the fish acting fine? All water parameters are good?

 

[DepotFish]

I agree with the bacterial infection diagnosis

 

[matratzac]

Now there is some reddish stuff appearing under the lump and white stuff is flaking off of it

 

[Apocalypse_Gold]

For some reason when I saw the name of this post I knew that Clementine was a goldfish even before opening it. Perfect name for a goldfish.

It could also be internal parasites. Medicated food works much better than dosing the tank. Jungle labs medicated pellets are great. Aquarium products makes gel based medicated foods. That and mela/pimafix and clean water are your best course.

 

[matratzac]

For some reason when I saw the name of this post I knew that Clementine was a goldfish even before opening it. Perfect name for a goldfish.

It could also be internal parasites. Medicated food works much better than dosing the tank. Jungle labs medicated pellets are great. Aquarium products makes gel based medicated foods. That and mela/pimafix and clean water are your best course.

thanks, is jungle labs medicated food something i could find at any pet store or would i have to order it?

 

[Apocalypse_Gold]

I have found it at most Petsmarts and Petcos, but it isn't always easy to find. It comes in a plastic blister pack that is usually hanging with the medications.

 

[matratzac]

update for anyone interested:

I threw clem in a quarantine tank and started treating her with tetrocycline yesterday, she is already doing ALOT better.

 

[Devilishturtles]

Cool, thanks for the update. Glad the tetracycline is helping!

 

[LandGhoti]

Yay!