Lana Bollers Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) I am not sure what this is, my guess is a fungus of sorts, currently my electric blue is in my hospital tank, still with pop eye, have now tried melafix and now trying parasite clear.... anyway onto the cobalt... I have attached a couple photos of him, could this be an injury or is my first assumption of it being a fungus more accurate?? We just did a water change, all levels are good, water changes have been done weekly and filter was just cleaned as well. No other fish have this at all, and he has had this now a few weeks, was hoping it would go away on it's own, but it is not... Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated... I should mention he is eating and swimming normally I just woke him up to take the photo, his fins are not clamped all behavior appears normal, just has that thing on his side.... Edited December 30, 2008 by Lana Bollers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Lana it's pretty hard to tell from the pics. Does it look like just missing scales? maybe a bad scrape or another fish is picking on him? Boom :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) Sorry, double post. Boom :boom: Edited January 1, 2009 by Boom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana Bollers Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 When we first saw it we thought it was a war wound, because it looked like missing scales and fleshy, I guess now it looks like a scab...in fish form...LMAO... kind of bumpy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Ya , I had a yellow peacock that had the same kind of thing. I think it was from hitting a sharp rock whilst being chased. He eventually died. Keep up on the Melafix and you should be OK. Boom :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Like boom said keep up the melafix, Iv had external infections spread internally so try using salt as well. It could also be a burn, is he able to get stuck behind the heater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana Bollers Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 No he could not fit behind the heater, I will get him on the melafix, I was hoping it wasn't a fungus, because I had treated all those fish with Parasite Clear, and I think it helps with some fungus'... don't recall.... I know he is going to be a daddy soon, as my blue cobalt female is now holding and I seen him digging like crazy and doing the "dance" around her a couple times, but they were interupted but on the third day of trying to dance they must of succeeded because she is now holding... last time she only held for about ten days so don't think they were fertalized the last time, so hopefully this time they did it right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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