Lump on kuhli loach
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:17 pm
Hi there - i'm really worried about one of my kuhli loaches and reckoned if anyone knew what might be up - it would be you guys. Here's a pic. I hope you can see the red lump just behind his head - it sits slightly off-centre. There are 9 more kuhlis in there and they all seem to be happy enough.
He's still eating - that's how i lured him out to take the pic but not as much as the others. The water quality in the tank is good - it's over 3 years old and quite heavily planted. I have 6 shrimp in there which i believe are sensitive to poor quality water and they are all doing well but just for info ammonia, nitrites are 0 and nitrates around 5ppm.
I was thinking about treating the tank with melafix, i don't have a hospital tank and i think it might stress him out too much trying to catch him anyway.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Karen.
He's still eating - that's how i lured him out to take the pic but not as much as the others. The water quality in the tank is good - it's over 3 years old and quite heavily planted. I have 6 shrimp in there which i believe are sensitive to poor quality water and they are all doing well but just for info ammonia, nitrites are 0 and nitrates around 5ppm.
I was thinking about treating the tank with melafix, i don't have a hospital tank and i think it might stress him out too much trying to catch him anyway.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Karen.