fish cancer????
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Hey yall! Ive had this rosy red minnow for about two years now (got him as a feeder fish from petsmart, life expectancy was like a week if that) and he’s also had some weird quirks i’ve attributed to poor breeding and genetics. This is where he got his name, Stupid Fish, because he is very stupid (digging in rocks, refusing to school, swimming vertical circles, digging up plants, splashing me while i sleep, etc). Today I noticed a lump on him and went back through photos and he’s had it at least since august 10th. I did recently move my aquarium back with me to college, and i had to do a 100% water change due to an issue i had with WSSV and my crayfish. I also got new plants, and two new platties (all properly quarantined). with the big changes i was concerned this was a stress thing, but august 10th is BEFORE any of these changes. I’ve also been heavily monitoring water levels and quality due to these changes, and they have been excellent and stable.
he doesn’t have symptoms of dropsy, ich, or swim bladder issues and i’m very concerned this could be a tumor/cyst or like cancer.
i wanted to go to reddit first, but in the mean time because i am on a college campus for an R1 research university, i will be asking our bio department for any fish experts or grad students to help me.
pictures attached, it appears to have started small as one lump and is now larger and looking like 2 close together