I have a quick question regarding one of my female Gold Gourami. Its not an emergency as her affliction has been with her since i have gotten her (over a year now) but i am curious with peoples opinion on her affliction.
She has a red lump at the end of her spine, at the point where the main body attaches to the tail, now most of the time its just barely visible, but about once every 1-2 months the red lump gets bigger and several white puss pockets form, after a few days the pockets break and the red swelling goes down. and again the spot becomes dormant it cycles like this and as mentioned before, has been doing so over a year now. i have treated with parasitic and bacterial medicines, yet all that seems to do is cause the spot to enter a dormant stage and then reoccur a few months later. Now i think im the only one fretting about this as my gourami does not even act as though somethings wrong. even when the cycle is at its worst, she still is completely normal, very active, eats fine. She does NOT even flash or scratch against the ground or plants. Again she is completely oblivious to the sore. Also there has not been any negative impacts on other fish in the aquarium.
I am simply curious as what the source of her Chronic condition might be.
She has a red lump at the end of her spine, at the point where the main body attaches to the tail, now most of the time its just barely visible, but about once every 1-2 months the red lump gets bigger and several white puss pockets form, after a few days the pockets break and the red swelling goes down. and again the spot becomes dormant it cycles like this and as mentioned before, has been doing so over a year now. i have treated with parasitic and bacterial medicines, yet all that seems to do is cause the spot to enter a dormant stage and then reoccur a few months later. Now i think im the only one fretting about this as my gourami does not even act as though somethings wrong. even when the cycle is at its worst, she still is completely normal, very active, eats fine. She does NOT even flash or scratch against the ground or plants. Again she is completely oblivious to the sore. Also there has not been any negative impacts on other fish in the aquarium.
I am simply curious as what the source of her Chronic condition might be.