whats going on with my flowerhorn?

[richard yung]

looks like hes having a penis sticking out. Is he okay? will it go away?

 

[the animal guy]

yeah it will go away, but your water needs to be clean and your tank should have a lot of media and gravels

 

[ZhenZhu]

Mate I think it's a female.!!!!!!

 

[Montelboom]

Might be an anal prolapse. It wouldn't hurt to treat the tank with regular, non-scented, or additives added espom salt. That along with keeping the tank parameters great. How many gallons is the tank?

 

[richard yung]

My tank parameters should be solid. I do 40% water changes every 10-14 days and hes in a 55g with 2 Aquaclear 110's. A few days ago he was showing the best signs of his kok as it was growing tremendous. Now its smaller than usual

 

[Montelboom]

I'd still treat just to make sure. It couldn't hurt, right? Espom salt is inexpensive and it looks like you're already on the ball with the water quality.

 

[richard yung]

I'd still treat just to make sure. It couldn't hurt, right? Espom salt is inexpensive and it looks like you're already on the ball with the water quality.

Cool, do you know how much Epsom salt should I put into my tank? And where do people usually go buy Epsom salt at? Petco?

 

[ECW]

Cool, do you know how much Epsom salt should I put into my tank? And where do people usually go buy Epsom salt at? Petco?

Epsom salt is found at your local drugstore, supermarket, Walmart, Walgreens, cvs, etc...

 

[ECW]

Cool, do you know how much Epsom salt should I put into my tank? And where do people usually go buy Epsom salt at? Petco?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/treating-hexamita-aka-spironucleus.523470/

This outlines the treatment with Epsom salt soaked pellets.

 

[Montelboom]

I believe that it was 1 teaspoon per 15 gallons of water when treated directly and not soaking pellets.