So I was gone over the weekend and when I came back this morning, my Male Kribenisis has a weird lump on his head. Its not his colorful ksin color but a more of a pink color, honestly it could be compared to the beginning of a flowerhorns Kok. My only guess is that he jumped out of the water and hit my metal mesh tank cover. But i think this is highly unlikely considering I have never had any of my fish jump. He is in a 20 long planted, with a Ctenopoma, Rubber lip pleco, Female Krib, and Raphael cat. The tank has been up and running for a long time and has had no real health issues prior to this. What should i do? I already bumped up the temperature....
Male Kribensis weird lump on head.
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My cameras at home until the weekend, ill pst photos as soon as possible.
1. 20 gallon long
2. Parameters are normal and fine.
3. Freshwater
4. 6+ months
5. Leopard ctenopoma: 3 inches
Rubber lip pleco: 1.5 inch
Raphael Cat: 3 inch
Male Kribenisis (The hurt one): 2.5 inch
Female Kribensis: 2 inch
6. No quarantine
7. Roughly 80 degrees
8. It is a planted aquarium with driftwood, i do liquid fertilizer every water change.
9. Aqueon. Its rated for a 30-45 gallon.
10. A wire metal mesh aquarium hood that the water passes through a little?
11. No natural sunlight. Lights on for probably 11-13 hours a day.
12. Last water change was yesteday. I change roughly 30-35% of the water per week.
13. I feed 2 times a day. Ranging from hikari bloodworms, dried bring shrimp, flakes, algae wafers, cichlid pellets.
14. My male Kribenisis has a weird lump on its head. Its between his eyes. The skin is pink but ontop of the lump and behind it is his normal skin color. It looks almost like he scratched his head real bad and the skin got pulled backwards. On the from of the lump it looks like real pink raw skin.
15. All i have done is a water change.
1. 20 gallon long
2. Parameters are normal and fine.
3. Freshwater
4. 6+ months
5. Leopard ctenopoma: 3 inches
Rubber lip pleco: 1.5 inch
Raphael Cat: 3 inch
Male Kribenisis (The hurt one): 2.5 inch
Female Kribensis: 2 inch
6. No quarantine
7. Roughly 80 degrees
8. It is a planted aquarium with driftwood, i do liquid fertilizer every water change.
9. Aqueon. Its rated for a 30-45 gallon.
10. A wire metal mesh aquarium hood that the water passes through a little?
11. No natural sunlight. Lights on for probably 11-13 hours a day.
12. Last water change was yesteday. I change roughly 30-35% of the water per week.
13. I feed 2 times a day. Ranging from hikari bloodworms, dried bring shrimp, flakes, algae wafers, cichlid pellets.
14. My male Kribenisis has a weird lump on its head. Its between his eyes. The skin is pink but ontop of the lump and behind it is his normal skin color. It looks almost like he scratched his head real bad and the skin got pulled backwards. On the from of the lump it looks like real pink raw skin.
15. All i have done is a water change.
I think that a photo would do wonders here. It would help us determine whether this is an injury, as you suspect, or a cyst, or something else entirely! Also, please provide the actual numbers on your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate testing. These will provide some insight into whether this could be infected. Do you see any redness around the bump that would indicate infection?
im gonna do best about getting some photos up ASAP. The bump is just pink and a bit white, like fresh flesh. And only use test strips for my parameters considering i dont have hte money right now to buy a 40$ test kit, and according to the parameters on my strip, they are all in teh normal ranges. My water evaporates fairly quick in my tank, probably about 15% each week along with my normal water changes. So i dont think its poor water quality causing this.
I understand that you're stuck with test strips at the moment, but there are numbers that correspond with the colors on those pads. That's what I'd like to know. The actual numbers.
Okay, so you're saying there's no redness around the area?
Also, is the area puffy or cottony at all, or any different texture than smooth? And there are no scales on this area, right?
Do you have a cell phone which takes pics? Obviously, they're not the greatest quality, but they might just show enough to help with diagnosis.
Okay, so you're saying there's no redness around the area?
Also, is the area puffy or cottony at all, or any different texture than smooth? And there are no scales on this area, right?
Do you have a cell phone which takes pics? Obviously, they're not the greatest quality, but they might just show enough to help with diagnosis.
No dark redness, just a pink skin color. So far it is not puffy or cottony, weird lookin though. Ill grab my camera tomorrow and take a pic, thanks for the help!