What's on my cory catfish??

[Regen311]

I noticed this on one of my 4 cory cats. It's the top left one, it has something weird on its fins, on both sides, a kind of bump. I would have put this is the sick fish forum, but I"m not sure it's a disease, because none of the other fish have it. Any clue what it is?

I can't get the photo thing to work, but I have the picture on my photobucket, here's the link:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/taiyeddreamland/DSCN1273.jpg?t=1166589878

It's not that great of a picture, but photographing cory cats is very hard, they move around a ton...

 

[Devilishturtles]

Looks like a small growth, could be a tumor. Unfortanetly, nothing you can really do to get rid of it. Sometimes they just appear, it may go away, it may not. I it starts to look red, open, sore, etc. then I would try treating with an antibiotic such as tetracycline and see if that helps. Otherwise, for now I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get any bigger or anything else.

HTH

 

[docrak]

I noticed this on one of my 4 cory cats. It's the top left one, it has something weird on its fins, on both sides, a kind of bump. I would have put this is the sick fish forum, but I"m not sure it's a disease, because none of the other fish have it. Any clue what it is?

I can't get the photo thing to work, but I have the picture on my photobucket, here's the link:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/taiyeddreamland/DSCN1273.jpg?t=1166589878

It's not that great of a picture, but photographing cory cats is very hard, they move around a ton...

That's interesting. One of my new corries has the same growth in the same spot. I havn't done anything to treat mine and it hasn't got any worse. I have no idea what it is though.

 

[Regen311]

I just noticed it, I've had these particular fish for about a year and a half. It's on both of his front fins in the same spot. None of my other cories (I have 3 others) have this problem. I keep the tank in excellent condition, regular test for nitrates, ammonia, etc. and everything is usually 0. Water temp stays constant, I do regular PWC, they're fed regularly, the fish have plenty of space to move around (in a 30 gallon tank I have 5 golden barbs, 4 corys, 1 celebes rainbow and a betta now, so it's not even close to overstocked). Oh well, the fish seems fine so i guess I'll just assume he is.

 

[Regen311]

Well, it's still on him, i have no idea what it could be. Looks like no one else does either. Oh well...