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just realised that one of my 6" L273 has "bumps" on its forehead, is it normal??


and it appears to be very fat ?? it never gets this fat before ....hope its not bloated perhaps gravid




i put it the isolation floating box for now ...

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Looks like some form of cyst. Not sure what it is or what to do about it, really.

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Mats

cyst? thats not good

what about the belly? is it normal to be this fat??

I'm no expert, but I do think they can be quite "fat". Particularly as this looks like a female.

Cysts aren't good as such, but I'm not saying it's the worst thing you could have either.

However, if the fat belly occurred suddenly, I'd say it's likely bloat. All fish can get that - it's an internal bacterial infection, and it usually kills the fish within a week or so. It is very hard to treat internal bacterial infections, and they are usually a secondary infection caused by some other problems.

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Mats

saw it last night but im not sure when did it happen, usually it only come out for food briefly and back to its hiding place.

what medication is recommended for internal bacteria treatment and what dosage?

I have very poor success rate with medication, and I can't tell you what in Australia would be the "best" medication.

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Mats

im currently in jakarta ... medications are easy to obtain in here unlike in australia.

You can try with Metronidazole or other nitroimidazole treatment, safe dosage: 20 mg/l + if it's possible try to serve metro with food (I'm a follower of cureing internal diseases giving medicine also in food).

will wait until tomorrow before i go with medication. have you treated pleco with metronidazole before? im a bit reluctant with meds

ducky wrote:will wait until tomorrow before i go with medication. have you treated pleco with metronidazole before? im a bit reluctant with meds

Metrondiazole should be safe. Obviously if you are treating in a community tank, there may be other inhabitants that are sensitive.

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Mats

its in 60ltr hospital tank. i havent added meds yet ... currently temp set at 31c with 2 large airstones for extra air.

just added 20mg/lt of metro ... finger cross it will recover

day 7th
fish still bloated ...

@flex
how do you treat with metro? wc change every day and add 20ppm of metro?

my friend saved his fish from bloat with combination of 20ppm metro and 10ppm tetracycline hcl, wc every other day and half dose of each medication, which i followed but ... no luck

the only good thing is the fish still quite active... though stay in pvc almost all the time.