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Lumpy Loach – Mycobacterium Infection?

April 26, 2017Mycobacteriuminfection loach lumpy mycobacterium

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Lumpy Loach – Mycobacterium Infection?

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Hi, I have a 75-gallon tank with three 14 year-old clown loaches and two large green kissing fish. One of the loaches has large lumps all over his body under the skin, appears to be very swollen – even his eyes appear to be bulging. He is hiding in the back of the tank and will not come out to eat; he just stays in the same place breathing very rapidly, in an upright position, leaning on tubing. He has been like this for about a month and I really didn’t expect him to be alive this long since I just noticed his illness right before I went out of town. I assumed that he had an age related problem since a couple of his tank mates have passed on over the past couple of years. I haven’t been able to find out anything about this particular illness.