Platy With Lumps

[Sparkle]

I have a beautiful platy aptly named "Tiger". Anyway she has lumps growing on her, particularly where the scale colour is black. The yellow scaled areas tend to be absent of lumps. Initially a lump was in the head region. Now it is more obvious and spreading. Two other lumps have grown on her left side where the black strip is, and the underneath at the back has become considerable. She used to spend her days hanging out with her daughter "Cheetah", but now is she hiding regularly. She still comes out to beg for food and eat. Fins have been clamped recently. No other fish has these symptoms.



I suspect that she may have cancer?


Ammonia : nil
Nitrite : nil
Nitrate : trace
Water changed : every 9-10 days.

270 litre tank
8 adult female platies
5 2-month old platies (4 are to be sold when big enough)
11 celebes rainbows
15 panda corydoras



100 litre tank
8 4-month old Yellow Comet platies (7 are to be sold soon)
4 3-month old Yellow Comet platies (all to be sold soon)

 

[TheSims3Dude]

Sorry, but from the pics, it looks like she does have cancer I wish I knew what to do for her....

 

[Sparkle]

Thanks, TheSims3Dude. I suspected so.

Poor little dear. I've had her for a year. I think her life has been pretty good. That tank is fairly large for platies, and they seem to like the plants.

 

[Truck]

yep theyre some nasty tumors, if it was me i would euthanize, but wait for others opinions. the black colour trend generally carrys cancer and if two blacks breed the chances are higher.

 

[Sparkle]

Poor little Tiger stopped eating and was resting on the bottom. I have euthanized her. Then I shed some tears. RIP.

I'll keep on eye on her daughter Cheetah, she had more black on her than her mother. I don't know who Cheetah's father was. Tiger also had a son name Leopard, but I gave him away. He spent his fryhood spending hours inspecting a piece of driftwood. I like having some fry, but don't want to be overrun by them. So I buy female platies which are usually pregnant. I keep one daughter and the rest are sold or given away.