German Blue Ram "Pimple" on face

qazplm25 · 12-04-2008, 12:30 AM

My Male Ram has developed a sort of pimple on the right side of his face near his mouth. He is still very colorful and seems completely normal... any ideas?
He is in a 29g with only him, a female GBR, and a SAE.

lauraleellbp · 12-04-2008, 01:34 AM

Anything like that I personally would treat as a bacterial infection, though it could be fungal or even a tumor. Melafix and Pimafix combo IME does a pretty good job with minor issues like this; I'd QT the fish and treat.

cojo0667 · 12-04-2008, 01:56 AM

The tank looks kind of dirty. Is it just a bad photo?

qazplm25 · 12-05-2008, 01:40 AM

My tank water is really clear and I think that in the first picture he is near the filter output so they are just air bubbles.

Trio123 · 12-05-2008, 02:06 AM

looks like a little spot of ick to me. I'ld treat your whole tank with maracide, quick cure (malacite green and formalin), or just straight malachite green depending on what species you have in the tank. Ick drops of the fish and lives in the gravel for a part of it's life cycle, I would personally treat the whole tank. Raising the temp also speeds up the life cycle and makes treatment easier. If it is ick it is fairly easy to treat, good luck

qazplm25 · 12-06-2008, 01:51 AM

Today I noticed that the "pimple" was even bigger. I also did a big water change and got better pictures.
Any other ideas of what this could be?

imeridian · 12-06-2008, 01:55 AM

I had a female GBR that had something very similar, same location too. It went away on its own, but then surfaced again a year or two later only to be fatal that time. I never did find out what it was.

lauraleellbp · 12-06-2008, 04:19 AM

Looks almost like a leech?

Trio123 · 12-15-2008, 02:26 AM

I withdrawl my earlier comment, wasnt looking closely enough at the pic... that is definately not ick. No idea... but fluke or leech is a good a guess as any...

12-04-2008, 12:30 AM	#1
qazplm25 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sudbury, MA Posts: 427	German Blue Ram "Pimple" on face My Male Ram has developed a sort of pimple on the right side of his face near his mouth. He is still very colorful and seems completely normal... any ideas? He is in a 29g with only him, a female GBR, and a SAE. __________________ ~29gallon Freshwater tank~~~~~~~~ ~~10Gallon Freshwater planted tank~~ ~~~10Gallon Saltwater reef tank~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Michael ~~~~~~~~~

12-04-2008, 01:34 AM	#2
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (69/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 22,486	Anything like that I personally would treat as a bacterial infection, though it could be fungal or even a tumor. Melafix and Pimafix combo IME does a pretty good job with minor issues like this; I'd QT the fish and treat. __________________ Geckos galore: Geckos in Tails, and follow Geckos in Tails on Facebook 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank, 46 gal Betta simplex community, 90 gal Low Tech Community, Amazon Fishing; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin

12-04-2008, 01:56 AM	#3
cojo0667 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 163	The tank looks kind of dirty. Is it just a bad photo? __________________ COJO0667

12-05-2008, 01:40 AM	#4
qazplm25 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sudbury, MA Posts: 427	My tank water is really clear and I think that in the first picture he is near the filter output so they are just air bubbles. __________________ ~29gallon Freshwater tank~~~~~~~~ ~~10Gallon Freshwater planted tank~~ ~~~10Gallon Saltwater reef tank~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Michael ~~~~~~~~~

12-06-2008, 01:51 AM	#6
qazplm25 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sudbury, MA Posts: 427	Today I noticed that the "pimple" was even bigger. I also did a big water change and got better pictures. Any other ideas of what this could be? __________________ ~29gallon Freshwater tank~~~~~~~~ ~~10Gallon Freshwater planted tank~~ ~~~10Gallon Saltwater reef tank~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Michael ~~~~~~~~~

12-05-2008, 02:06 AM	#5
Trio123 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 109	looks like a little spot of ick to me. I'ld treat your whole tank with maracide, quick cure (malacite green and formalin), or just straight malachite green depending on what species you have in the tank. Ick drops of the fish and lives in the gravel for a part of it's life cycle, I would personally treat the whole tank. Raising the temp also speeds up the life cycle and makes treatment easier. If it is ick it is fairly easy to treat, good luck

12-06-2008, 01:55 AM	#7
imeridian Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (47/100%) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hagerstown, MD Posts: 2,847	I had a female GBR that had something very similar, same location too. It went away on its own, but then surfaced again a year or two later only to be fatal that time. I never did find out what it was. __________________ 75 Gallon Planted Tank Journal, Details \| 5.5 Gallon Reef

12-06-2008, 04:19 AM	#8
lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (69/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 22,486	Looks almost like a leech? __________________ Geckos galore: Geckos in Tails, and follow Geckos in Tails on Facebook 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank, 46 gal Betta simplex community, 90 gal Low Tech Community, Amazon Fishing; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin

12-15-2008, 02:26 AM	#9
Trio123 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 109	I withdrawl my earlier comment, wasnt looking closely enough at the pic... that is definately not ick. No idea... but fluke or leech is a good a guess as any...

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