figure eight puffer w/t growth???????

bgmamacline · 08-24-2005, 07:30 AM

recently purchased a F8 puffer that is a definate juvenile...he eats dried blood worms and ghost shrimp at this point. i noticed a section on his skin near his Rt side of his tail a couple of weeks ago that looked kinda odd..like it had been scraped but the skin was not broken, it just look wierd. Now he has a growth under the skin that sticks out about .it is round and and flay with no skin discoloration, all of his markings are still very vibranate ( no red marks are white ). he or she is very active and eating well... he or she is in a community tank....I recieved the tank from friends and had to do a lot of work to it....Removed half the gravel ( about 3 in thick originally ) a couple of vacumns and about 2 water changes since i have had it to clean it up. One fish had popeye which i treated about three weeks ago. if this makes a difference.....thank you

**fish_doc** · 08-24-2005, 08:36 PM

If you have kept the water in good shape it may have been a problem he had when you got him due to transporting. But it has healed over and starting to recover.

bgmamacline · 08-24-2005, 09:30 PM

the growth is the size of a pencil eraser and stands out about the height of half of a pencil eraser. if this helps...thank you

**TheOldSalt** · 08-24-2005, 10:28 PM

Does it look to be hard, or fluid-filled?

bgmamacline · 08-25-2005, 03:49 PM

it looks wierd...kinda like a ring worm...just real bumpy and uneven and it kinda dips in in the center....has not moved location at all...i have read if it is a worm they tend to change location....it has not traveled at alll. thank you again

bgmamacline · 08-31-2005, 03:14 PM

i was wrong the whole mass has moved around his body to back behind his or her left eye.........ty

**TheOldSalt** · 09-01-2005, 12:19 AM

Prazi-pro. Get some & use it.

bgmamacline · 09-01-2005, 01:32 PM

ty will try........

08-24-2005, 07:30 AM	#1
bgmamacline Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 34 Posts: 17	figure eight puffer w/t growth??????? recently purchased a F8 puffer that is a definate juvenile...he eats dried blood worms and ghost shrimp at this point. i noticed a section on his skin near his Rt side of his tail a couple of weeks ago that looked kinda odd..like it had been scraped but the skin was not broken, it just look wierd. Now he has a growth under the skin that sticks out about .it is round and and flay with no skin discoloration, all of his markings are still very vibranate ( no red marks are white ). he or she is very active and eating well... he or she is in a community tank....I recieved the tank from friends and had to do a lot of work to it....Removed half the gravel ( about 3 in thick originally ) a couple of vacumns and about 2 water changes since i have had it to clean it up. One fish had popeye which i treated about three weeks ago. if this makes a difference.....thank you

08-24-2005, 08:36 PM	#2
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,825	If you have kept the water in good shape it may have been a problem he had when you got him due to transporting. But it has healed over and starting to recover. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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08-24-2005, 09:30 PM	#3
bgmamacline Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 34 Posts: 17	the growth is the size of a pencil eraser and stands out about the height of half of a pencil eraser. if this helps...thank you

08-24-2005, 10:28 PM	#4
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	Does it look to be hard, or fluid-filled?

08-25-2005, 03:49 PM	#5
bgmamacline Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 34 Posts: 17	it looks wierd...kinda like a ring worm...just real bumpy and uneven and it kinda dips in in the center....has not moved location at all...i have read if it is a worm they tend to change location....it has not traveled at alll. thank you again

08-31-2005, 03:14 PM	#6
bgmamacline Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 34 Posts: 17	i was wrong the whole mass has moved around his body to back behind his or her left eye.........ty

09-01-2005, 12:19 AM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	Prazi-pro. Get some & use it.

09-01-2005, 01:32 PM	#8
bgmamacline Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 34 Posts: 17	ty will try........

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