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The surgery was a success :D so that is a relief. Took off the lump, and I am not going to worry about getting it assessed. Hopefully it will not grow back. Am applying betadine to the catfish daily, he is eating well and seems to be fine. Thanks heaps for the suggestion of going to a vet :)

I have actually taken the catfish to a vet this evening. He did some test and didn't find anything suspicious on the gills, so who knows? He said it will clear up over time, but it is not a fungus nor an infection.   As for the cyst, well it is actually a growth of some sort (malignant, benign...

Hi again,   Well I have taken my catfish to see one of the vets tonight. He did a test on both the gills and on the lump, and found the gills to be fine (neither fungus nor infection, so will likely just disappear) and the lump is a growth that will need to be surgically removed or it will keep...

Thanks heaps Luca - a couple of those vets are within a good distance so I will give them a call tomorrow and see if they can be of any help. The two vets I called in my suburb didn't seem keen to deal with fish so I had just assumed that would be the case with all of them. Cheers :)

Hello all,   I have a sick pleco (see this post: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/440304-red-cyst-on-pleco/) and am wondering if he needs antibiotics. If he does, does anyone know if they are commercially avail (i.e. over the counter) in Australia or if I require a vet's prescription...

It would be interesting to know if there are there antibiotics avail over the counter in the UK?   The pleco has been behaving normally in the hospital tank, although he hasn't eaten much. Am going to try to tempt him with some veggies overnight tonight. The cyst seems to be less red now. The...

Well I've had a large test done on the water in the display and in the hospital tanks - both are OK on nitrite and all other tests. So that's good.   As for antibiotics, in Australia it seems that I need to get a vet's prescription to get proper medication like those you are referring to...

Hi Wilder   I don't have a nitrite testing kit, although I will take some water to get tested tomorrow and in the past I have not had a nitrite problem when I have had it tested.   Tonight I've put him into a hospital tank and added some Melafix. By the end of today (before putting in the...

Hello all,   I've been lurking for a little while but have joined today to ask for help. My bristlenose pleco is about 6 years old and has developed a red cyst on his side (see photo). I've just noticed it as he tends to hide a lot, but I don't think it could have been there longer than 3 weeks...