Hole In My Goby

[Rob Pnuke]

Not looking for treatment because I already put him out of his misery, but has anyone ever ran across a hole in their fish? Started as a little white dot and spread into the below. Believe it or not he was a live in this pic. Had him in my QT for a 4 weeks and he was fine. The first day in my DT he showed a white mark on his side. Thought it was from him brushing against the rock work but it just kept getting deeper and larger.

 

[sculpin2]

I would bet it was a bacterial infection.

 

[Naiad]

Be very careful if it is in fact a "flesh eating" bacterial infection. Some are capable of infecting humans as well as fish.

 

[Lucky Lefty]

Furunculosis maybe?

 

[A.Astore]

the &@$# is that? Extremely disturbing, albeit fascinating.

 

[Bmwm235i]

I think lympho cam do this once it falls off and then a bacterial infection can set in i believe. Did the dot look like a cotton ball or cauliflower?

 

[Rob Pnuke]

I think lympho cam do this once it falls off and then a bacterial infection can set in i believe. Did the dot look like a cotton ball or cauliflower?

Yeah, looked a little like cotton before it turned into a hole.

 

[Rob Pnuke]

Be very careful if it is in fact a "flesh eating" bacterial infection. Some are capable of infecting humans as well as fish.

Great! Just in time for the holidays. [emoji2]

 

[dragonsong]

My yellowtail damsel had a similar mark on his side, you could see the little sac holding all his organs it was really gnarly looking....was thinking about putting him down but he was eating like a champ the whole time and eventually healed up... Only to die of velvet a couple weeks later after it snuck into my tank on a new fish :c

 

[Rob Pnuke]

My yellowtail damsel had a similar mark on his side, you could see the little sac holding all his organs it was really gnarly looking....was thinking about putting him down but he was eating like a champ the whole time and eventually healed up... Only to die of velvet a couple weeks later after it snuck into my tank on a new fish :c

I was going to see if he could make it but he was starting to float sideways and the hermit crabs were lining up. The hole was literally half way through him. Shame to because it was my wife's favorite fish. Just hoping this is contagious to the rest of the tank.

 

[Bmwm235i]

Yeah, looked a little like cotton before it turned into a hole.

If you want to read about lympho here's a article on it.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/m/#publication?id=FA181

 

[Rob Pnuke]

If you want to read about lympho here's a article on it.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/m/#publication?id=FA181

Thanks for the info. This was very fast moving though. This went from a little white mark to that big hole in 9 days. It's like Ebola for fish! Just keeping an eye on my other fish hoping it doesn't spread. Tried doing some Google searches but everything just keeps coming back hole in head disease.

 

[Bmwm235i]

Thanks for the info. This was very fast moving though. This went from a little white mark to that big hole in 9 days. It's like Ebola for fish! Just keeping an eye on my other fish hoping it doesn't spread. Tried doing some Google searches but everything just keeps coming back hole in head disease.

Yea that's fast. Good luck and watch out for it transferring to you.

 

[Lucky Lefty]

Do you have any scavengers like shrimp? They may have been eating the dead tissue on him, creating the clean hole you see in the picture.
The disease may have made the wound and the scavengers may have made the hole

 

[Rob Pnuke]

Do you have any scavengers like shrimp? They may have been eating the dead tissue on him, creating the clean hole you see in the picture.
The disease may have made the wound and the scavengers may have made the hole

It's very possible. I have 2 cleaner shrimp but they didn't seem to pay him any attention. Could of been after the lights when out though.

 

[dragonsong]

I was going to see if he could make it but he was starting to float sideways and the hermit crabs were lining up. The hole was literally half way through him. Shame to because it was my wife's favorite fish. Just hoping this is contagious to the rest of the tank.

My purple dottyback was really harassing them and I think it started from an infected wound, no other fish were affected so I don't think its extremely contagious unless they have open cuts first.

 

[cambo123]

I experienced this exact thing on a cardinal fish after switching tanks around. Believe it or not, the animal kept eating and completely recovered after 2 weeks.

 

[dendrite]

if it occurred so quickly in an otherwise healthy fish almost immediately on transfer to a new tank, are you sure the fish wasn't attacked and the wound became secondarily infected