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flower horn fungus

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Question

flower horn fungus
Hello there,
I have a flower horn from about a year, a few days ago started developing a cotton like ball near her left fin. it was small but now it has started growing and it has almost become the size of 1 inch. its just a big pink cotton like stuff and it even breaks out into small pieces some times. i can see that the fish is quite uneasy. please please help me if you can. just way to worried about it

Answer
Hi Hardik,
 Unfortunately I don't know exactly what that is.  Sorry. I have seen a similar thing very rarely on some cichlids.  You might try one of the general anti-fungal medications.

-- Ron
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