The Puffer Forum

I rescued 2 female DPS on 3/31 and they weren't in the best shape. Very skinny, likely with IPs, looking miserable. One is full grown, the other (I'm asking about) is 3/4 the way grown, almost there- Her name is Honey. she came home with this blister looking bump on what i can only describe as her chin. She glass surfed like crazy and is not the dominant of the two. I figured it would heal with good food, good water, and lots of love.
Well... here we are, she's a chubby chunk now... but the chin's no better. I saw an old post here of a puff with something similar, but that puffs bump came to a head and started expelling itself out. That is the difference, no head and no change....

Ideas? I'm worried, two months and I feel some healing should have taken place.

Possible cyst, not much you can do about it.

sadly, this is often the end result of "rescue fish" (and cats, dogs, ferrets, sometimes even humans..................)
their health and long-term wellness are severely compromised by what they were subject to prior to getting a home
I hope your luck is better than this

Thank you both PufferPunk and Eieio, you both confirmed what I had already thought but hoped wouldn't be the case

I have treated tropical fish (with abscesses) successfully giving Epsom salt and Methylene Blue baths, do you think this would be of any aid in this situation?

Epsom salt wouldn't do any harm, not sure on the methylene blue.
Do you have a quarantine tank to treat him in?