[tfmcder]

Can anyone help me figure out what happened to one of my fish and if it is treatable? I have a pristilla tetra in my community tank that suddenly developed a hole through his stomach area. I mean a nice, round, clean hole. It is not a bite and does not appear to be from some type of traumatic injury. He/she seems fine (eating, swimming, etc.).

Any ideas as to what it is/could be?

Is there anything I can do for it?

Is it something that the other fish may get?


Thanks in advance all!!

 

[tfmcder]

Ok, I was finally able to get a pic of him. Hopefully i can get some more, but until then here you go.

Thanks for the replies thus far everyone. Now any ideas??? I am trying to catch him to get him out but it is proving very difficult. He is in a fairly heavily planted and stocked 90 Gallon community tank that is ~26"deep.

 

[tfmcder]

I'm wondering if it is worth stressing him out and trying to medicate him. I was just doing the math and realized this fish is at least six years old. i may just catch him and let him be...he is still actively swimming and going after food. So I guess he isn't in any real pain...hopefully.

 

[tfmcder]

Wow... is that hole clean through him or just on one side??

Looks like a puffer bite to me. They take chunks out of everything! But if you don't have any puffers or other vicious fish then its a mystery.

The hole is clean through him. It is freaky looking!!!

I do not have any puffers in there. I have various danios, a couple of old neons, a handful of corys and ottos, some baby jade tiger barbs, a couple other pristillas, and a bunch of snails.

It is now day three since I noticed the hole and he is still kicking. The hole looks the same though.

 

[tfmcder]

You hit it right zapins. It is a little bit of both. That one eye is a little foggy but it is compounded by the flash and the fact that i needed to zoom and crop the pic. I did not have my macro lens handy and anytime I got close to the tank he would spaz and hide.

Oh, and as a side note, he is still kickin...looks exactly the same, whether that is good or bad I don't know.