Need some Advice for my Tusk

[anarchyx914]

Hello,

I got this fish and he was healthy and eating like a pig in QT. I put him in my display tank and he still ate like a pig, but developed a bulge on his side which looked like some type of growth. I for a while thought it was his belly growing because he was eating so much but it was starting to kind of displace his scales and you could see them protruding off of his body. The growth was much larger on his right side and it didn't look like it was his stomach because that usually bulges out on both sides. Also to add another issue on top of that he must have gotten in a tussle with my really small huma trigger, because he had a wound on the top of his head.

He is currently in QT with Furan-2, I wasn't really sure how to treat any of this other than with antibiotics.

Heres the chunk out of his head missing:

http://imgur.com/a/oRABI

It was really difficult to get the side bulge he has on his side on my phone. It does appear to have gotten somewhat smaller since he has been in QT, this may be due to his reduced appetite in QT (He tends to not want to eat for 4-5 days once he is moved between tanks, had this same problem when I originally got him)

 

[Dmorty217]

Any antibiotic or something like nitrofuracin green powder would be good for a opened wound like that. As far as the bulge, it's really hard to tell what that is without more backstory and pictures. It's NOT from eating like a pig, mine is a eating machine and doesn't have a bulge because of it

 

[anarchyx914]

Any antibiotic or something like nitrofuracin green powder would be good for a opened wound like that. As far as the bulge, it's really hard to tell what that is without more backstory and pictures. It's NOT from eating like a pig, mine is a eating machine and doesn't have a bulge because of it

Ordered the Nitrofuracin Green for him. I am going to try and get a much better shot of his ailments with my DSLR so its clearer. Its very hard to explain the bulge so I will do my best to get a photo of it.

 

[anarchyx914]

Here are some better pics. Its a buldge on his right side and it almost looks like something got up under the scales or something. you can see what looks like a small fishes tale protruding from his side. I could have sworn at one point in time I saw a black worm looking thing in there but it was very hard to tell.

 

[anarchyx914]

Also here is a video if it helps, its really hard to get a good picture of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yG35JyY7I

 

[anarchyx914]

Going to try to treat with the Green stuff once I receive it. If anyone else knows what this thing on his side is please let me know