Why does my bristlenose pleco look like this?

[LHAquatics]

 

[Fishfur]

An asymmetrical bulge like that might be eggs if this is a female.
It might be something like a tumour if it isn’t female. Could be a tumour or an abscess if it’s female too but let’s hope not.

 

[LHAquatics]

An asymmetrical bulge like that might be eggs if this is a female.
It might be something like a tumour if it isn’t female. Could be a tumour or an abscess if it’s female too but let’s hope not.

It is still very young. Also its been there for a long time and it barely moves. The scales are a little pineconing.

 

[Fishfur]

It is still very young. Also its been there for a long time and it barely moves. The scales are a little pineconing.

That is not good. It suggests either a tumour or bloating and there really isn’t anything we can do about either of those things, though I am very sorry to say so.