Problem with my endi

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Definitely not stress related, he has been alone in the tank he was in since I got him 2 months ago and this is something I noticed when I went to move him so it's not something that came up after I moved him. Haven't added anything new, and water quality is good as well as steady with weekly WC's. I am thinking it may be something like kno4te said and might be some sort of growth or something that I may not be able to do anything about. Checked him this morning and he's still breathing really hard. I highly doubt with the way he's breathing if he will eat anytime soon. Hate to say it but I'm thinking it may just be a waiting game for something I can't do anything about :(

I'll tryin get a better pic if I can, not the easiest thing to do though due to where the growth/spot is on him.
 
It has a growth like look. Definitely any parasite should be of concern. Could always pretreat with prazipro.
 
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Is it on both sides or just the one that is pictured? Also how big is the endli?

A thought that is coming to me is, my ornate didn’t have his gills come out until it was 6-7” then it just went away on its own. So I wonder if it’s gills are trying to come out but maybe got stuck. 1362130
 
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Matteus said:
Is it on both sides or just the one that is pictured? Also how big is the endli?

A thought that is coming to me is, my ornate didn’t have his gills come out until it was 6-7” then it just went away on its own. So I wonder if it’s gills are trying to come out but maybe got stuck. View attachment 1362130
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Wow never heard of external gills doing that.
 
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He's 10". It's just on one side. I tried to get a better pic but haven't been able to yet. Noticed even his gill plate looks a tad red as well. I'm wondering if maybe it's some sort of bacterial infection or something of that nature.

RD. RD. want to tag you RD, I know you're not into poly's but you always seem good at diagnosing issues so mind taking a look at this and seeing if you might have an idea?
 
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He's another but not sure if you can tell anything else from this one. Everytime I try to get a clear shot he either moves or the darn big severum swims across right in front of me. I'll keep tryin to get a more clear one today if I can.
 
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Sorry Steve, I have no idea. From the one photo it does appear to look like a growth, possibly a tumour of some sort. Hopefully it clears up on its own. Good luck!
 
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