Auriglobus modestus with lip blister?
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:43 pm
Hi everyone I am new here, recently referred by pufferpunk, and my little FW puffer has a problem.
He is an Auriglobus modestus that I purchased Aug/06. He has been doing great until 2 days ago I noticed that he has a red bump on his top lip. It went away when I fed him but came back the nest day. He gets a diet of raw shrimp tails every other day and snails sometimes. He is very camera shy and I couldn't get a picture so I will describe it as best as I can.
It is not a cracked/overgrown tooth, they look to be in good shape and it is on his top lip, right in the center of his mouth and protrudes out and down so that you cannot see the top tooth unless you gently move it. It looks like a little bubble/triangle blister and is red, like a blood blister. I am wondering what it is and how to treat it or if it needs to be treated. He is acting normal, swimming about happily and eats with vigor.
Water parameters are as follows: nitrate 20ppm, nitrite 0ppm, hardness 120ppm, alkalinity 180, pH 7.5 and temp 79. I do weekly 1/4 tank (20gal tank) water changes and vacuum the gravel. I have tried to lower the nitrates with large water changes but this level is the same as the tap water.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have grown very fond of him.
Thanks!
He is an Auriglobus modestus that I purchased Aug/06. He has been doing great until 2 days ago I noticed that he has a red bump on his top lip. It went away when I fed him but came back the nest day. He gets a diet of raw shrimp tails every other day and snails sometimes. He is very camera shy and I couldn't get a picture so I will describe it as best as I can.
It is not a cracked/overgrown tooth, they look to be in good shape and it is on his top lip, right in the center of his mouth and protrudes out and down so that you cannot see the top tooth unless you gently move it. It looks like a little bubble/triangle blister and is red, like a blood blister. I am wondering what it is and how to treat it or if it needs to be treated. He is acting normal, swimming about happily and eats with vigor.
Water parameters are as follows: nitrate 20ppm, nitrite 0ppm, hardness 120ppm, alkalinity 180, pH 7.5 and temp 79. I do weekly 1/4 tank (20gal tank) water changes and vacuum the gravel. I have tried to lower the nitrates with large water changes but this level is the same as the tap water.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have grown very fond of him.
Thanks!
