hi i wonder if any1 could help me i have 2 coral catsharks one is 17" lonog and the other is still a baby, i have recently noticed a lump just behind his jaw been tryin too look into it for a while but cant realy find anything please can some1 help me?!i have just recently brought the baby shark, my bigger shark is fine and eats about 5-6 sprats every couple of days and is fine. i dont understand wots gone wrong!
my coral cat shark
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Hmmm ... Hard to tell what's exactly wrong based on what little information you've given.
Things like water conditions would help. Also do you use vitamin/mineral supplements in the sharks diet.
It sounds like it could possible be a goiter - but it's hard to be certain without more detailed info.
Things like water conditions would help. Also do you use vitamin/mineral supplements in the sharks diet.
It sounds like it could possible be a goiter - but it's hard to be certain without more detailed info.
Without seeing it, I'm going to agree with the goiter assesment of the 'lump'. I've seen it a lot. Usually is an idodine issue (that is the short version). A shark/ray vitamin supplement will work wonders for issues like that. It happens a lot with smaller captive sharks and a lot of carpet sharks as well (nurse sharks need a steady iodine supplement weekly).
If it's too close to the mouth,it might be preventing him/her from opening it to eat. Can you get a pic of it? What is in the fish vitamins you have? I would venture a guess that they are formulated differently than what a shark needs.
its quiet far behind the mouth say about an 1" quiet hard gettin a pic cause as its only been in the tank a couple of days dnt reaaly wanna piss it off looked like it had gone down a bit last night when i saw him, the big shrk swims around a lot but the little one doesnt is this due to him getting used to my tank?
hiya, now got home and fed my sharks the little 1 is nibbling the food, im feeding him sprats which i get frozen from lfs, he was eating at lfs but hasnt really touched them since i brought him home, he was feeding fine at lfs, do u reckon hes still settling in or just not hungry?? he seems 2 show interest but thats about it, ive just tried taking a picture of the lump but dont know if it will show up well enough. the lump looks slightly pink
