New Flowerhorn issues.

[Randys]

I've received this Flowerhorn exactly a week ago today. He looked great when I put him in the tank. Here's some pics from last week.

I've went to the dark side!

I have moved on from the Mbunas I've had in my 90 gallon tank for the past four years. I really wanted a single fish with a big personality so I started thinking about a flowerhorn. I picked this guy based on how he looked. I don't have a clue about what's all involved in grading. I just thought...

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Within the last day or so he started developing protrusions below his bottom lip. There are two or three of them that stick out considerably. They even look kind of "meaty" on the tips of them. It also appears like his bottom lip is protruding out more and the inside of his mouth doesn't look right to me like maybe the protrusions are on the inside also.

The tank is a well established 90 gallon that I've had Mbuna in for the past 4-1/2 years. The parameters are 0-0-10.

What is the world could be going on?

Thanks.

 

[kno4te]

Guess it could be the beginnings of duck lips. Would add some kanamycin and furan2. Salt 3 tsp per g, 1/2 total dose now and then add the other half in 6 hours. Keep ur temps down in the low 70s. Keep the water clean. Best of luck. Link below of another member going thru similar, although urs maybe a lot earlier. Do meds may help.

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/hith-duck-lips-?.721402/page-3#post-8145314

 

[Randys]

Oh that sucks.

All I have on hand is metro, melafix, pimafix, rock salt, and epsom salt.

 

[Randys]

Will any of these help?

 

[kno4te]

Will any of these help?

Unfortunately not if it’s duck lips.

 

[Randys]

Oh man, I guess the poor little guy is doomed. I’ll never get the medication here in time.

 

[Randys]

How long does it take for a fish to develop this disease?
Do you think he came from the breeder infected or was there something in my tank that would make him sick that fast?

 

[Galantspeedz]

Unfortunately not if it’s duck lips.

i have to beg to differ.... i treated my flowerhorn duck lips twice with eiho metro cure

 

[Galantspeedz]

East Ocean

East Ocean

www.eastoceansg.com

i use this... put him in QT, which was under the sun by the way, i double the dose and water change every 3 days for the first 2 weeks... after that stop metro and use salt, wc every 3 days

works twice for me....

 

[RD.]

I would suggest checking out the info in the link that Ron posted. There are a number of strains of this pathogen, what works for one person may not work for another. With the more acute virulent strains, by the time you figure out what it is the fish is already on its last legs. I'm not sure that this is columnaris, but this is one of the many issues with FH - they have weak genetics and seem to get sick if you look at them the wrong way. Metronidazole is not on the recommended drugs of choice to treat columnaris. Again, see link above. Good luck.