Mizzle Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Hi everyone, Got an issue with my common plec. Went to do a water change last week and loticed a huge lump behind the gill of my plec. Almost looks like a tumor. I did a 1/4 water change (500 lt tank) and put a little more salt in it then usual. By the next morning the swelling had gone down and looked heaps better. Kept an eye on him all week, got home from work today and it has blown up again. Does anyone have any idea what it could be and how to treat it. He is approx 30cm long I will be picking up a 3 ft tank tomorrow to house some baby cichlids, should I maybe put him in there and medicate before I put the babies in there. The babies are currently at a friends house so they can wait if need be Any help or adivce would be greatly appreciated as I'm really worried about my fav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasu11 Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 i had this on my oscar . ... no one seem to know what it is .. sadly he passaway i tried everything .. u can't do much to it ....is he still eating ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizzle Posted May 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Yeah he is still eating and swimming around fine, does favor his other fin a bit but not much. I've done another water change today. Went down after the last one, I'll take a pic if it does go down again. Any idea what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizzle Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Well I've done a water change over the weekend and this is what the lump looks like now. Did the same thing after my last water change as well. Took about 2 days to right down. Now just keeping an eye on it to see if its starts swelling Really confusing. Could it be a water quality issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutters187 Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 It looks like fluid build up or something, if the salt is helping maybe add salt and water change every few days. It could be caused by a bacterial infection or irritation from an external parasite at a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
