My chocolate Bobo needs help

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FINWIN

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Bobo had a single lymph spot a few days ago. Looked like a small unicorn horn on her head. It dissolved after I added salt. Then she got two more lumps at the same location which turned into a wound like a hole punch. I started treatment with sulfaplex. In two days it has exploded. She gets an 80% w/c every 2 days. I'm moving my severum Corn to a tub temporarily (I'm waiting on a stand for the 125).

When her wound first opened up I dabbed with peroxide and used anti-bac gel swab. She is currently being treated with sulfaplex but I'm at a loss here. No clamped fins. Other than not eating the past day or so she's acting normal but I'm concerned about infection.

This is crazy, in two days:

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I feel like I have an affinity with Bobo, as it was this fish which piqued my interest in chocolate cichlids. If it wasn't for Bobo I would not have mine now.

I wish you the best of luck FINWIN FINWIN in getting her back to full health. She is in good hands at least.
 
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She just seems prone to this lymph randomly. I'm hoping now she's in the tank alone it will help. I have the lights out.
 
Curious - do you know if anything may be leeching into the tank that chocolates are rather susceptible to? Anything in the diet?
 
FINWIN said:
How long should I treat with the sulfaplex? She just had treatment 2 yesterday.
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If you did not see improvement with treatment 1, then it's not working. Start a new treatment when you get new meds. '

Have you thought about reaching out to the vet who helped you with your BP?
 
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Deadeye said:
Curious - do you know if anything may be leeching into the tank that chocolates are rather susceptible to? Anything in the diet?
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Nothing I can think of. She eats pellets and insects. I even wondered if the severum was picking at it but I saw no evidence.
 
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Rocksor said:
If you did not see improvement with treatment 1, then it's not working. Start a new treatment when you get new meds. '

Have you thought about reaching out to the vet who helped you with your BP?
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I might do that. I'll start her on the kanaplex. Her wound shifts a lot, looking better then worse which is confusing.
 
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