From: John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com>
Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
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To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
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Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] growth on eye pedicle, tank needed
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:30:31 -0800
Thanks for the input.
He was in with a much bigger cichlid that attacked him at his previous
home. He had quite a few scales missing, and some deep scrapes on his
side. His color has improved dramatically since then.
He seems to be feeling fine in his 10 gallon hospital tank. Susan was
over and took a look today. She thinks he might have pop eye
bilaterally. I think his eyes are very pronounced, but cannot tell if
this is pop eye. He can see fine judging from his hiding from me. It
is really cute that he hides behind a lava rock with a hole in it. I
can see most of his body, just not his eye. Just like my child, if
they cannot see me, they think I cannot see them.
John
On Feb 27, 2006, at 5:01 PM, matt kaufman wrote:
Hard to diagnose remotely (a picture perhaps might help). It might
just be healing from a scrape. If it's acting normally and not
scratching at it by rubbing int rocks or whatever, it's probably fine.
If the fish starts 'paying attention' to the growth it might be best
to isolate it and figure out a treatment. WHen you say the fish was
'near death', what was going on? Texas cichlids can be boisterous and
being scraped up isn't unusual for them when fighting with other fish,
or rocks, or heaters, or whatever they decide annoys them (fingers,
glass walls, lids...)
.
Also, a texas cichlid that I was given, and rescued from sure death,
is healing, but has a growth on the side of the structure that hold
his eye. It is pinkish, and looks a bit like a cocoon, or like what
you get when a wool sweater pills. It measures about 3 mm by 10 mm.
Kind of egglike or ellipsoid in shape. It has grown from about 1.5 mm
by 6 mm in about 2 weeks. It does not appear to be affecting his/her
vision.
Thank you.
John
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