Awesome vid thanks for sharing the knowledge. 👍 Cichlids are the best I have Africans. Keep up the content it is greatly appreciated 🙏

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate your comment and feedback. More videos to come. Your support and sharing the channel is huge, thanks!

Nicely done Paul!

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Corey!

nice job dude....hope you're feeling better!

@inventoryking

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah thanks

Awesome... Dr Paul

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jack!

Never seen that done, so cool video..good to know that we can do more hands on to help our wet pets!

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The poor fish will thank you. You got the right skills, tools & attitude to save these fish. Hope everything will be ok.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So far they are good.

Awesome job

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very good man thanks for fish

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

That was fascinating. Hope your voice gets better soon.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim.

Dr. Paul!

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Yessir. Had to get those removed

Interesting. I have an oranda goldfish with a similar growth on the sailfin. I sterilized a very sharp scissors, placed the fish in a smaller container and within 10 seconds I cut out the infected part, placed hydrogen peroxide to the area I just cut, added some salt and placed it back in the pond. It bled for some seconds and was fine by the end of the day eating as per usual. Months later the growth is back. So no more operation going forward as other than that it is fine.

Looks like a type of lymphocystis...although that is usually white...but probably the same thing. Good luck with their recovery.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your comment. It sure is looking that it. Lots of people saying it.

Wow impressive “Dr Paul” this was an awesome video and my man you need some meds😂 hope ur feeling better 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks braddah! Yeah It had to be done. Yeah my voice still isnt fully back. Its strange.

@HaYNFishKeeper

4 жыл бұрын

inventoryking braddah what actually was that growth did u get a biopsy on it?

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

No biopsy, but it’s looking like it was lymphocystis

Is that lymph? I had an outbreak of it. It’s highly contagiosa too. I decided to cull some. But did do similar surgery on a dope WC 8”trout i have. He made it just fine.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

It just might be. I my research that was something that came up. It’s so hard to know sometimes.

Is it not better to cut portion of the tail where parasite is attached?

Cool vid ifg sent me

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Right on! Thanks for tuning in.

Nice ivjust picked up 2 eye biters hopefully they will be a pair

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@michaelpearce6562

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man always liked them but got put off by the myth of them eating other dishes eyes but then I checked out your vids on them zn just had to do it!!

Thanks for sharing lot of criticism when doing stuff like this but if you believe it will save your fish good on you

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy. It’s a tough one, but that growth had to be removed in my opinion.

Good work man, but rather you than me :)

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark.

Any updates on how they did after? Did the lumps come back? Did any other fish get it? I have two fish with lumps. I’m trying to figure out the best thing to do for them.

@inventoryking

2 жыл бұрын

Yea And didn’t make it

What is the maximum tds tropheus and malwi can tolerate

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I dont measure tds with my african cichlids.

What did u treat with besides furan my 10 inch Fusco out of no where has one of these growing on him one week later 2 groths now he's in quarantine im gonna do a removal of the growth soon jus wanted to know what should i treat with

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Kevon, I would do lots of watch changes and furan2. Sadly they passed.

@kevondavis1966

4 жыл бұрын

@@inventoryking sorry to hear that they didnt make it my big boy actually made it everything cleared up using the furan and some aquarium salt it took almost a whole month in isolation but i guess i got lucky hopefully u never have to experience that again

@lisabek72

2 жыл бұрын

@@inventoryking aww

I conducted this surgery on my venustus, 3weeks later the cysts was even worse

Great vid. Hope all is well. I emailed you regarding making a possible order with you

Any updates on how they are doing?

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Didnt make it.

I have a adult male Kenyi with a similar tumor between his eye and mouth. Thinking of trying. Please comment, curious of your opinion. If you think that area could be successful.

@lisabek72

2 жыл бұрын

I have one with it in the nostril. No meds have helped. I was also thinking of trying to take it off...

@richarddavid2173

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisabek72 my Kenyi died eventually, then had a older bumblebee cichlid get it and also died eventually. None since. Don't think contagious just a tumor older Cichlids can get.

Did you send that tumor to a lab for examination?

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

No

I have a cichlid with a growth coming out of his nostril. It looks just like that!

@inventoryking

2 жыл бұрын

Lisa that stinks. My didnt make it, those things arent nice.

Wow, those growths don't look good...you should do a full course of malachite green anti fungal treatment to make sure no other fish get affected. Paul, do this procedure again for sure on both fish in a few weeks to make sure you get anything left off the tails... maybe continue to treat the tank they are recovering in with antibiotics, etc. Great video!!

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s crazy! Lots of water changes and fungal treatments

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that is what I am going to do is another procedure in a few weeks.

@GSP-76

4 жыл бұрын

@@inventoryking I just did a full course of API anti-fungal treatment on my 240g tank...the entire tank became Incredible Hulk green, lol. But after a 50% WC and having a lot of carbon in the sump is getting things back to normal.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

Good to hear your tank is going back. I have used Furan-2. After treatment what is nice is my fish room has auto water changes and I can set that tank to get lots of clean water

@GSP-76

4 жыл бұрын

@@inventoryking Yes, you got a great setup there... doing treatment cycled should be nice and easy. Any ideas what that growth may have been? Any other fish showing similar growths or even redness?

You definitely need to watch more videos and get more instructions on sedating your fish! I hope you are treating that tank with antifungal medication. You know, neither of those fish were out especially the second one enough where if you were doing any cutting other than the fins they would've felt serious pain! When doing small surgeries on funguses especially on fins it's much easier and cleaner to use a small surgical scissors or cuticle scissors. This way you're not spreading all the cells across the parts of their fins and bodies that aren't infected at the time of surgery because there is a much higher risk of getting other areas infected when you're using a blade. Also when using the blade the odds of removing slime coat increase dramatically. I suspect you're going to get this on all your fish to some degree because these funguses are highly contagious. I was just wondering if you tried to use antifungal medication before attempting surgery? When judging to see whether your fish are under enough for the surgery just use a two fingered pinch just above were the tail fin begins. You don't have to pinch hard there just little guys.

@inventoryking

4 жыл бұрын

I used Furan-2 prior to treating, didn’t do anything.

@Paul-cq2we

4 жыл бұрын

@@inventoryking I figured you tried something because your fish are in very good shape! I'm very interested to know how they react. I was also wondering if you looked at this under a microscope. Many times it's the only way to know what you're dealing with and a lot of people don't have this tool. I kept crisper 15 years before I got my first microscope and it made a world of difference. Take care and I really hope everything works out because those are really nice fish. Any fish is worth saving especially when they are like yours and it is obvious they are well taken care of and their owner has obviously spent a lot of money on them. You know some people think that fish don't have the mental capacity to have emotions but they are obviously like other animals that people do relate to having emotions and feelings. Especially the larger species you can tell that they would love to get out of their tank and come react with you on a physical level. Some of my fish get so excited when I enter the room and it's not only because they think they're going to get fed. Anyway I hope everything works out for you.