Fahaka looks like he is having mumps...now there is another

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Fahaka looks like he is having mumps...now there is another

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Hi, I would need advise on how I can treat this fellow. He (sorry but I have this fixation that all my fish are males; very wrong concept, I know) is a 7" Fahaka and recently looked like he is storing a red-coloured fish pellet in right cheek. I did not notice it earlier until my mum told me that "He is so cute...like a hamster." Then I took a closer look and realised that the red is not a pellet stuck in his mouth but swelling. :shock:

Here's what I did so far.
1. Got antibiotics - only tetracycline is available
2. Changed the water in his tank and has been changing 50% everday since
ammonia - 0ppm
nitrites - 0 ppm
nitrates - 15ppm (a day after water change)
3. Added tetracycline to the main tank - I know this is not advisable but I do not have a hospital tank large enough for him..and I am freaky about netting him out of water. If anyone can advise on how to bring his fellow out for dips everyday, please let me know. I will go and buy a bathtub.
4. Added Melafix and Pemafix

Please help me out on this.
1. How long should the antibiotics treatment be? I started 2 days ago and the redness had gone down but the swelling is still there.
2. Although I read that Melafix and Pemafix can mixed with antibiotics, is it normal to have lots of foam/froth formed in the tank? I have a rain bar.
3. I have not fed him and he is begging for food. It is alright to starve him during this period right? Or should I feed him with antbiotics laden food?

Thanks so much.
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Yes, the rain bar is causing the foaming. Can you lower the bar into the water? Sorry, I'm terrible at using meds.
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I would feed him with vitamin laced food. I'm not a fan of throwing medications at them without finding out what the problem is first.
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Hi, here are some pics of the boy. The bump is still there although it does not look as engorged with fluid/blood a few days ago.

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Do you feed him snails? Very well may be a cyst caused by a shell cutting the inside of his mouth (hope it's not imbedded in there but if it was, it would be getting worse, IMO), that will probably be re-absorbed back into the skin. Just keep his conditions pristine & add Melafix.
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PP, now that you mentioned shell cutting inside his mouth...he is in the habit of chewing the coral chips in his tank. I think I may have to change the gravel! He just did it again yesterday...I saw him biting a piece the size of a lady's pinky, despite his mouth being swollen.
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This reminds me of another thread, I think it it was HRpuffers where a F8 had a lump on its chin and then it burst and went down on its own.
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I just checked the fellow entirely and saw a bump on his back! This time the bump is smaller about the size of an acne and it has a hole on it! Like a whitehead!

Is that a nematode?

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Dont think its a nematode, my sabahensis had something very similar on his cheek when i first got him, a lump with a white centre. After a few days the centre fell out then it started to heal. You can still see the mark where it was though.
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It looks like this:

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Is the centre slightly pink, its difficult to tell from the shot, if so that does look very similar to what mine had.
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Thanks, Hilly. It is slightly pink as you have described. I will follow through with vitamins, daily water changes and Melafix. I have stopped the antibiotics.
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Hopefully it will just clear up on its own. I initially used melafx and then stopped after a few days once I saw it was starting to heal up. Still dont know what it was.
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