HELP my silver tip tetra could infect my tank

[jamiecarter]

one of my silver tipped tetra has an enormous belly, but the right side of its belly is more sticking out than the other, its swimming about 70% properly it looks to be struggling a bit, does any one know what this might be i hope its not worm infection because they can be really nasty and infect the tank, iam hoping its just a tumor, i doubt its pregnant because tetras are quite hard to breed let alone in a community tank like mine, any help would be great.

 

[Lotus]

If you can, remove it to a hospital tank. It sounds more like a tumor than a parasitic infection. It would be better to have it in another tank for observation, though.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

You can also hang a pitcher in the tank with the fish in it, if you don't have another tank to set up. That'll keep the sick fish at the tank's temperature, and keep it isolated from the other fish.

 

[jamiecarter]

well theres a dilema because my lfs is closed because of maintenance and the other lfs closest to my is in a different county! so its going to be a little hard, and iam going on holiday on saturday, i will try and get a little holding tank though. thanks for the replys.

 

[ChefCoralDan125]

yeah really sounds like a tumar to me and what i would do is have a little holding spot for her get a breeding net and put it in your tank and put your fish in there and keep a close eye on it and go from there