large hole in gold saum head

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Apollyeon

Apollyeon

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noticed he had a bit of swelling and his lips seemed to be somewhat protruding,so started giving dose of metro.about 2 hours after giving the metro the swelling noticably had gotten to the point that it erupted and now a large hole in the front of his face,he swims around normally,doesnt eat though so not sure if force feeding is something im going to have to do in future.24 hours into the first dose of metro so will be another 24 hours before giving the second,ive added aquarium salt and keeping water at 82 anything else i should do? not sure what disease this is,never seen one where a large boil grows and then pops

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Dalfrey86 said:
Do you have a face on photo?

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nitrite,ammonia both 0 nitrate .20 ppm 7.4 ph ,currently is solo in 75 gallon tank but was in a 100 gallon with few other saums.79 degrees but now have turned temp down to 75 in case its ducklips,lips arent swollen but noticable white rim visible where the mouth extends.hard to get frontal shot since he always turns his side to me but its a really deep hole as big around as the white area in the added photo. did have other gold saum tankmates no fighting or dmg from them,symptoms seemed to accelerate after adding first dosage of metro within 2 hours a large bump with a red head had formed,,took him out the tank to put hydrogen peroxide on open sores and it ruptered.no changes noted after wound ruptering besides inside looking like its healing.my guess is its some kinda parasite but symptoms dont match any known disease i can find.thought at first hith but symptoms dont match.color looks the same as when healthy and swims around normal,doesnt eat however,im not sure if he can be saved,,the hole is pretty gruesome looking never seen anything like it.hes up for his second dose of metro tommorrow afternoon and will prolly continue treating for a few weeks,,inside the hole appears to be attempting to heal up.he isnt lethargic at all,no labored breathing
 
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Think you gotta repost some pics of the affected area including the mouth. Would consider adding some furan2 or triple sulfa along with the metro.
 
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kno4te said:
Think you gotta repost some pics of the affected area including the mouth. Would consider adding some furan2 or triple sulfa along with the metro.
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Beat me to it. Blue would help with the wound but it’s h2o2 or blue. Not both.
 
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Think you gotta repost some pics of the affected area including the mouth. Would consider adding some furan2 or triple sulfa along with the metro.
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yea i dont have access to meds like that where i live,i can get metro and i have some fish amoxicillin and of course i can get methylene blue if i need but thats about it,its an ugly hole but fish still seems to be acting normal besides not eating

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Wow! That’s more advanced than the pics look. I don’t think it’s gonna make it. I hope to be proven wrong. Looks like columnaris. Consider euthanizing the fish.
 
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kno4te said:
Wow! That’s more advanced than the pics look. I don’t think it’s gonna make it. I hope to be proven wrong. Looks like columnaris. Consider euthanizing the fish.
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yea thats what i figured it was.the meds only seemed to accelerate how fast it progressed.and yea im prolly going to put him down,so im guessing need to throw away all the filter media,pumps,sand,sponge filter then cause not sure how id clean all of that
 
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Apollyeon said:
yea thats what i figured it was.the meds only seemed to accelerate how fast it progressed.and yea im prolly going to put him down,so im guessing need to throw away all the filter media,pumps,sand,sponge filter then cause not sure how id clean all of that
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Yea. Get rid of disposable stuff and clean with bleach.
 
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Yea. Get rid of disposable stuff and clean with bleach.
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he has since been put down,rip.felt it was for the best.taking apart and draining the tank.hob's,nets all soaking in bleach water.might bleach water the tank,lids and then let sit in the sun for a day or two just to be sure
 
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