Neo. Brevis

[Bigbadbaz]

Hello, I have a colony of brevis, I noticed that my male has a enlarged gill and what seems to be an enlarged face, have just watched him feed and as he was eating flake it was coming out of the gill. The fish seems to be in good condition otherwise and the other fish in the tank have no problems.
stats
Ammonia:0
PH:7.6 (due to coral)
N:0
N:10
temp 24 degrees

 

[WILDER]

How many gallons is the tank.
Has the enlarged face and gill just happened.
Is it possible to load a pic up.
The lump is it soft like filled with fluid, or look hard.
Does the lump look like a cluster of eggs or a cauliflower.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing.
Any excess mucas on the gill.
Does the gill look mottled like a hamburger.

 

[Bigbadbaz]

How many gallons is the tank. 10
Has the enlarged face and gill just happened. thought it looked odd last week but was not as bad as this, lives in his shell most of the time
Is it possible to load a pic up. took one but cannot see clearly
The lump is it soft like filled with fluid, or look hard. Looks hard
Does the lump look like a cluster of eggs or a cauliflower. No, follows contours of face and is smooth
Any signs of flicking and rubbing. no
Any excess mucas on the gill. no
Does the gill look mottled like a hamburger. no

 

[WILDER]

Have you tryed posting in the betta section.
Does the gill look swollen with white edges.
Is the gill red and inflamed.
has he been trapped in anything in the tank and its made his gill and face swell up.

 

[Bigbadbaz]

Not by the looks of it, only thing worrying me is the the fact that the food he ate came out of his gill but he was quite happy to eat it again

 

[WILDER]

Sometimes food can come out of the gill.
All you can do is issolate the sick fish and try a bacterial med.

 

[Bigbadbaz]

Do not have any tanks spare, will melafix tank and go from there.

 

[WILDER]

How long has the face been swelled up.
No melafix is only good on cuts and wounds.

 

[Bigbadbaz]

Managed to have a closer look, gill is very red and inflamed, will go to the pet shop tomorrow.

 

[WILDER]

Red gills can be bad water quality, gill flukes, bacterial gill rot.