A month or so a go I bought a very small Ornate bichir. I want to eventually put it in my 700g tank, but since he was only a couple inches long I temporarily put him in a tank with corys, ropefish, eels, EN, and an African knife. I planned to move him into a growout with some baby pbass, and a dat when he had grown a bit more. I didn't think he would be able to eat the corys because even the smallest one is bigger in diameter than the bichir is. Anyway, yesterday I notice one of my smallest corys was missing a most his tail, and today I can't find that cory and my bichir has a big lump on the left side of his belly. I did only notice the lump AFTER I fed them, and he was with everyone who was eating, so it could be just the food I fed... but I don't know why it would form a weird shaped lump like that.
The bichir is acting perfectly normal, swimming, etc. Should I be worried? When should I expect the lump to go away if it isn't a cory, versus if it is? If it is the cory, will the bichir eventually just digest it, spines and all?
The bichir is acting perfectly normal, swimming, etc. Should I be worried? When should I expect the lump to go away if it isn't a cory, versus if it is? If it is the cory, will the bichir eventually just digest it, spines and all?
