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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Health => Topic started by: fruitbat on May 08, 2016, 08:41:57 AM

Title: red cyst on guppy fin
Post by: fruitbat on May 08, 2016, 08:41:57 AM

hi guys, i have found one of my guppys with a red cyst like angry growth on its top fin, he seems happy enough but has anyone any idea what it is or remedy, thanks

Title: Re: red cyst on guppy fin
Post by: Littlefish on May 08, 2016, 09:03:20 AM

Sorry to hear that your guppy has a cyst. I'm not great with identifying things like this, so I'll leave it to one of the more experienced keepers to advise you on this.

Title: Re: red cyst on guppy fin
Post by: Sue on May 08, 2016, 09:19:40 AM

Is it a red lump or a red patch? If it is a lump, I don't know what that could be I'm afraid. But a red patch could be from nipping or catching the fin of something - quite easy for fish with long fins.

The best thing to do for it initially is more than usual water changes and keep an eye on it. You are watching for the fin being eroded; white growing on the site; bloody streaks in the fin. If any of those (or anything else) starts to appear, we'll know what to treat it with.

Title: Re: red cyst on guppy fin
Post by: fruitbat on May 08, 2016, 10:10:58 PM

hi,its defy a lump /cyst , will keep an eye on him and look for the telltale signs you have given me, thanks sue