Smudgeboss
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
1. One of my white skirted Tetras has a swollen bottom lip. It is a blue dyed tetra (don't yell at me, I didn't know people did that when I bought them). The lip is pinky white in color and significantly larger than the bottom lip on my other fish. There is also similar colored tissue growing up into the top fin from the body of the fish (none of my others are like this at all. The growth/swelling doesn't look cottony. I have looked at diagnostic sites and havne't gotten a definitive answer therefore I come here. 
2~What are your tank parameters Ammonia 0ppm; Nitrite 0ppm; Nitrate - no tester; Ph 7.6; Temp 81 F 27 C
3~ How large is the tank? 10 gal. How long has the tank been set up? 14 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Aqua-Tech 5/15 They say it is rated at 100 gal/hour but that seems high
5~How many fish are in the tank? 6
What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? 3 White skirt tetras 1 about 2" 2 about 1.25", 2 blackskirt tetras about .75"; 1 clown pleco about 2"
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? Did a pwc and gravel vacuum 6 days ago when got back from 4 weeks vacation. Someone did it once for us while we were gone 2 weeks before. it needs gravel vacced again. I normally try to do this weekly, removing about 2.5 - 3 gal
7~How long have you had the fish? 14 month
8~Have you added anything new to the tank? No
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tetra min tropical fish flakes no diet change
2~What are your tank parameters Ammonia 0ppm; Nitrite 0ppm; Nitrate - no tester; Ph 7.6; Temp 81 F 27 C
3~ How large is the tank? 10 gal. How long has the tank been set up? 14 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Aqua-Tech 5/15 They say it is rated at 100 gal/hour but that seems high
5~How many fish are in the tank? 6
What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? 3 White skirt tetras 1 about 2" 2 about 1.25", 2 blackskirt tetras about .75"; 1 clown pleco about 2"
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? Did a pwc and gravel vacuum 6 days ago when got back from 4 weeks vacation. Someone did it once for us while we were gone 2 weeks before. it needs gravel vacced again. I normally try to do this weekly, removing about 2.5 - 3 gal
7~How long have you had the fish? 14 month
8~Have you added anything new to the tank? No
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tetra min tropical fish flakes no diet change
