wierd tumor growth near mouth

[vaporize]

Hi Lee,

I have this 4 clownfish in QT for 2 months and I think due to the water quality issue, it has hurt the clownfish's immune system and got some wierd disease.

The clownfish in picture has develop a lump on the side of the mouth, with a little bit of blood vessel. I am not sure if it is lesion but it has grown in size over 2 weeks and even after several 80% water change every other day, it does not seem to have any effect in helping out the condition. The fish has slightly enlarged eyes and have very fast breathing rythms but it is still fighting strong and eagerly eating food (ON pellet, NLS pellets, brine, mysis).

I have tried a few days of Maracyn 2 treatment thinking that it might be of bacterial in nature, however it did not seem to help. Since then, I have done a 80% water change and moved off to Furan2 treatment for 2 days, the growth on that lump seems to stablize (not increase in size) but has not shown significant improvements.

Is this fungal in nature? I am not sure what is the best treatment at the moment, could you please offer some suggestions?

Thanks

[leebca]

It's hard to tell from the photos, however I think the condition more tumor-like and not necessarily a microbial pathogen (also not fungal).

The temporary stabilizing of the condition can be that the tumor has encouraged a secondary bacterial infection, which the drugs are helping with. But the drugs are not handling the main problem.

The unfortunate news is that we don't have any cures for these types of conditions. It is like a cancer of sorts and, humans haven't gotten to helping fish with cancer -- still trying to save human lives when they have it.

As usual, I will again remind you that the foods you're feeding are not the best foods for this fish. With your investment (of time, money, and resources) I should think you'd be making your own food of high quality.