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Posted by Jason Tsangaris on September 24, 2006, 8:26 pm
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>> cat, and 1 firemouth. I had 2 firemouths but one died. I notice now
>> a "blister" on each side of my firemouth's face. He still eats, but
>> stays to the back of the tank.
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> Can you describe the blisters in detail? It could be a lot of things.
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> Does it just look like a pimple? Does the flesh look damaged? Is it
> protruding through the skin? Does it have any slime shed or white
> material attached to it? Is it in the same exact spot on each side of
> the animal?
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It looks like a bllister you would get on your finger, about 1/4" in
diameter. It is red in color,but not bright red. It looks like a scab.
It is in the exact same spot on both sides of the animal.
> The most common cause is inflammation do to injury or infection. My
> instinct would place the blame on the convicts; 29 gallons isn't a lot
> of space for such hostile American cichlids. The fact that the
> symptoms are near the mouth may indicate fighting.
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I have never seen them fight.
> If the infection is mild Melafex might be the simplest treatment, but
> if the convicts are to blame for the injury that isn't going to solve
> the problem.
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> a "blister" on each side of my firemouth's face. He still eats, but
> stays to the back of the tank.