Scarlet Badis growing horns

[SiberianSiren]

This may be a sick fish question, but I'm not sure. My male scarlet Badis is growing two white hornlike things from his head above his eyes. At first I thought it might be a parasite of some type, so I treated him with paraguard and an antibiotic, but after two days there didn't appear to be any change. He is eating and everything else appears normal. Has anyone else ever seen such a thing?

 

[Freakgecko91]

Pictures would help for sure



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[SiberianSiren]

I'll try to get pics, but without a macro lens it's difficult to get anything sharp on such a tiny fish. I'll try tonight.

 

[SiberianSiren]

Scarlet Badis grows horns

This is the best shot I could get of his "condition"

 

[SiberianSiren]

Another shot

Here is another shot

 

[Sniperhank]

Approved your pictures for posting, sorry for the delay. Standard for new users and so on. Good luck with your issue, hope all is resolved quickly.

 

[Tropical Aquarist]

Are the 2 bumps uniform in size and distance from each other?

It doesn't look like a fungus, I'm thinking Hole in the head or bacterial infection.

 

[Tropical Aquarist]

First we need to figure out what exactly it is, before dosing!

For bacterial, I've found the best is Furan 2 and MarcynPlus for 5 days, that treats a whole variety of diseases.

If it's Hole in the head (HITH) Mardel Clout is the way to go.

For fungus, Api Fungus cure is what I use.

 

[SiberianSiren]

Treatment

I don't see a way to diagnose unless it is by process of elimination. I had considered hole in the head. Bumps are uniform in location, but one is slightly larger than the other. This is a particularly aggressive Badis and really should be relocated, so possible he did suffer injury when fighting. The other two males co-exist more peacefully.

 

[Tropical Aquarist]

Can you put him in a separate tank? Make sure he has clean water and may heal on its own, if it's an injury.

I would look for The Mardel Clout, it treats HITH and other parasitic diseases, I get it off Amazon.