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Sick fahaka please help

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:24 am
by akvh1
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
ph 8.0

I have recently bought home a fahaka and he is eating well swimming well and behaving fine but he has a lum on his side it dose not move but it seems to be growing larger in size i am currently treating him with mellafix but i need to know what this is .
please help me as these guys are very hard to find In my area this guy took me a year to find
http://youtu.be/yV6sJIZxfxA?list=UU_mYl ... c1PhJNpjzg

Re: Sick fahaka please help

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:40 am
by Pufferpunk
Looks like a tumor. Nothing you can do for it, just keep the puff comfortable & the water clean. Was it there when you bought him?

Re: Sick fahaka please help

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:00 pm
by akvh1
unfortunately yes he was the healthiest one of the bunch i do fear that this is terminal as its larger by the day

Re: Sick fahaka please help

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:12 pm
by Pufferpunk
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