I don’t know what this came from or what it is, does anyone know what it might be?
I got him around July, I keep him in a 5.5 gal, heated to 80F with a few rabbit snail tank mates, and that’s it. The decor (a few rocks and several live plants) aren’t sharp and I use a sponge filter.
I noticed a lump where the wound is now about a week ago and assumed it was a tumor but a day ago it became a hole? The scales seem to have fallen off and the scales surrounding it are sticking up. Overnight he developed a crooked spine, his appetite is still very high but whenever I’m not feeding him he’s sleeping, and also seems to struggle to swim to his food.
There was some white fuzzy stuff this morning but a salt bath made that all go away so it’s just the wound again, I don’t know if the fungal infection was a result of the wound or the other way around— I never noticed white fuzz before this morning.
I don’t have hope that he’s treatable at this point because he’s rapidly getting worse, but it would give me peace of mind if someone could tell me what caused this.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1fqfval
Posted by Passion-Visible
1 Comment
Hello. I think that the scales sticking up are related to the injury but if you continue to see more of his scales sticking up in a pineconing pattern, he may have dropsy. I am not sure how he got injured since your tank sounds pretty safe, but maybe it was a tumor that somehow fell off? The area seems sort of big to be an injury, but it depends on what happened. Just to be safe, it may be worth it to use Metroplex to prevent any bacterial or fungal infections. I am really sorry about this I hope he gets better soon.