jacknbox6

Bleeding heart has some uhhhh thingy on its head, Kinda looks like a horn. Only addition since last August has been airstone(which raised pH so airstone only lasted 2-3 weeks, and a live plant which brought snails. I killed the plant anyway, been trying to eradicate snails but dd loves them so trying to do it sneakily.

Sorry rambling water parameters
ph- 8
nitrate 5ppm
nitrite -0
ammonia-0

Tried to take a pic, hard to photo fish, looking at him it really looks like a horn is blackish. Any guesses and how do I get rid of?

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Tony G.

could it be a tumor or something? does it look hard or soft?

jacknbox6

Thanks for the response, It looks soft. I am trying to get a better pic to show the height of it. BH is wary of my camera.

ETA It looks like a scale is pushed up by his eye and this is blooming out of it?

He sees me looking at him and swims off.

Tony G.

hmmm... has it grown from when you first noticed it?

jacknbox6

I don't think so. He really isn't acting odd or anything, It just looks strange

pinkfloydpuffer

Is it possibly some sort of parasite attached to him?