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only for about a week. i dosed with 2 treatments of Kanaplex and it seems to have shrunk down alittle. but the parrot hasn't eaten in like 5 days and is already losing weight. i hate to lose him.How long has it had the growth for?
If it has had the growth for a while then it is a tumour and there's no cure.
Just try to keep the fish comfortable and when it has trouble swimming, breathing or eating, then euthanise it.
i'm going to my LFS tomarrow and bringing pics. i need all the advice i can get on what to try. i posted a couple new ones.If it has only been like that for a week it might be something else or a real fast growing tumour. The only things I can think of are parasitic louse that has gotten onto the gills, or a growth.
How long have you had the fish?
Have you added anything to the tank in the 2 weeks before you noticed this?
Can you post some more pictures and maybe a video of it?
Upload video to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here.
thanks for your help.Use rock salt, not sea salt. Rock salt is just plain sodium chloride. Sea salt has sodium chloride and a heap of other minerals in it. Rock salt is the same as aquarium salt or swimming pool salt.
The growth is not pink or red so it does not appear to be the gill filaments, which are normally red or pink, depending on the health of the fish.
The growth does not look like a fish louse or any sort of parasite, these are usually grey and don't look like that.
If it is responding to anti-biotics (Kanamycin), then maybe it has a bad bacterial infection in the gills, but I would have thought it would be red or pink if the gill filaments were involved.
Just watch out with anti-biotics because they can wipe out the filter bacteria. You also need to clean the tank and filter thoroughly before adding another dose. Ideally anti-biotics should be used in bare glass or plastic containers so the medication works on the fish and is not wasted on the bacteria in/ on the gravel, wood, plants, glass and other items in the tank.