I have had this fire fish for three years. Super hardy and made it through my tank crack/ new tank adventure back in May. This week he went into his nighttime cave and didn’t come out for two days. Very abnormal. He usually awaits me for meals with the rest of the fish. I could see him in the cave and I saw him breathing. Alive- good.
I read in a thread that sometimes they will hide for a few days. So I tried to be patient since he looked fine and was not thinning.
He came out today. But, he won’t eat, has a black circle inside his body that almost looks like it has tentacles… and he won’t eat. He has a clear string of ?… coming out where poop should exit.
thinking I should try to catch him and treat him, but if it’s a tumor and he will die don’t want to stress him out in his final days.
Would love your opinions…
Sorry the pics not good, he only came out when the blue lights were on. The pic doesn’t do the spot justice. This isn’t the normal grey bladder. This is a mass that has some tentacle like threads on it.
I read in a thread that sometimes they will hide for a few days. So I tried to be patient since he looked fine and was not thinning.
He came out today. But, he won’t eat, has a black circle inside his body that almost looks like it has tentacles… and he won’t eat. He has a clear string of ?… coming out where poop should exit.
thinking I should try to catch him and treat him, but if it’s a tumor and he will die don’t want to stress him out in his final days.
Would love your opinions…
Sorry the pics not good, he only came out when the blue lights were on. The pic doesn’t do the spot justice. This isn’t the normal grey bladder. This is a mass that has some tentacle like threads on it.