Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] angelfish question

Is this a cottage cheese looking type lump, either white, off white, or slightly pink in color? No fuzzy appearance to it?

Based on your vague description it sounds like it could be lymphocystis, which is a virus. Angels are prone to it, there is no medication or treatment other than to let it run its course. It is highly contagious, so don't be overly surprised if the other fish contract it as time goes on. It will go away on its own but can come back again from time to time.

Dawn

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--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Karen Martin <DanemarkDanes@swbell.net> wrote:

From: Karen Martin <DanemarkDanes@swbell.net>
Subject: [tropical fish club] angelfish question
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 9:19 PM

I have a well established tank where everyone seems to be flourishing well.

Tank paramaters have all been normal and doing well for quite a while now

thanks to Ray's help offline. Anyway, I have an angel that was in my tank

for months, maybe 6 with no issues, bought at a LFS. The last couple months

he/she has had this growth like protuberance on the upper lip. Doesn't

affect how she he eats and seems normal in every other way. What causes this

to happen and can you do anything about it. Doesn't seem to both him/her at

all. I've seen others with this before but for some reason I just thought

they were deformed or something from inbreeding. But this one was not this

way until recently and I had it over 6 months when it happened.

Thanks for the advice!

Karen

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