small white raised bumps on tail fin

[philipraposo1982]

My festae is showing 4 small off white slightly raised bumps on her tail fin. around the area the fin looks white too.

I have searched online a lot and I can't find anything. I am thinking possibly parasitic.

Sorry for the quality of these photos but with the current lighting and only having a cell phone its the best I am going to get.

To add to this: A few weeks ago I posted another thread where she had a darkened area in the middle segment of her tail fin, almost black. which then healed up and went back to normal. The entire time she has had at least one of these bumps but at times there is sometimes a few other smaller ones near it. then goes away, then more come back.

Also, I recently posted about her moving in odd ways, and behaving differently. What I mean is that she will come out of her hide do like a 360 quickly and dart back in. Or just spin around in her hide. This is burst type movement and always around her cave. I thought it was related to reflections in her tank but now starting to this its not. Maybe related to this irritation in her tail fin.


See photos below.

 

[philipraposo1982]

Photos here

 

[kno4te]

look ike broken parts of the tail fin.

 

[philipraposo1982]

It doesn't make sense. How would she be breaking these parts of her fin in one localized section. Bumps only would form after a while from calcifying in the area.

in her case I don't believe this to be the case. It appears and then goes away too quick.

 

[philipraposo1982]

anyone else?

 

[MrsE88]

I have two thoughts on it.

One, it’s like kno4te said and it’s broken bits in her fin. With her random swims she takes, maybe she is hitting it when she enters or exits her hide?

Another thought is viral. In that case it will just come and go randomly and there’s not much to be done. We all know you take very good care of the water/tank so minimizing stress would be all that’s left.
Maybe the reflections you mentioned have caused her stress causing a viral infection to show itself?

I know this isn’t helpful. Just guesses really.

 

[philipraposo1982]

I found only a few posts and pictures that share similar pimple like bumps on the rays of the fins. In each case they seem to last a long time if not indefinitely. But noone in any of those posts have had any luck it seems getting it to go away.

I truly believe it's nothing to do with damage to the fin. I have deal with fish in the past (angels) witch have had safe and know first hand how that looks. This is not that.

 

[philipraposo1982]

Wanted to update this.

Turns out to be fractured fin rays from swimming aggressively in and out of her caves. I witnessed her damage a ray recently and with time it turns to this white bump. It's a node where it beginning to heal.

After a while with good care they should heal up fully.

 

[Jexnell]

That's what I was just going to mention. Both Toni and Casper had/have one.

 

[RD.]

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