female has developed a cyst like white swelling under her right nostril flap. I tried catching her-- quite a disaster in a planted tank.
In the process of catching her she bashed into something and broke the cyst causing it to bleed. i find black skirts are skittish and will faint when scared.
I put her in a separate container- not having any free Q tank. treated her for 3 hours in melafix. released her back into tank as she was lying on her side panting.
have beeen trying to look at the lesion with a magnifying glass but she goes balistic when ever she sees it.the area is open and appears to be internal also in a perfectly round shape.can't see any worms sticking out the opening.
my tendency is just to treat the whole tank with melafix for a few days and monitor her for any other problems. I am hoping she will heal with no other complications.
I have not added anything new to the tank for about 7 months so am sure I have not introduced any pathogens.
In her thrashing about she has bloodied up both front fins. Any other ideas besides a couple extra water changes?