It never ends......

[Reef_Angel]

I'll be curious to find out what more happens with that snout! I would be nice to have a Seahorse doctor right between our two homes, wouldn't it? I'm glad to hear that your big guy is doing better for you! Let's hope he stays on that course and then it goes to work on his nose to. Does he have any trouble snicking his food? That's one heck of a pimple! He must be a teenager huh? If it could only be that simple.

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

I'm leaning to a biopsy. I'm just a little squeemish about hacking the bubble / growth off the side of his snout. If I can get up enough courage to do it, I can send it immersed in Alcohol to a lab. It is possible it is Glugea heraldi. If that is in fact what it is, sadly there is no cure and it is deadly. If that is the case, I will put him to sleep. He has put up a good fight and I don't want him to suffer. Hopefully the biopsy will be good news. Now I just have to be able to cut it off, hmmm that may take me a day or two to work up the courage. I may wait a little while longer. If it starts to look like there is no other option, I will do it. I need to pick up some batadine to treat the open wound the biopsy would create first.

It is effecting his ability to eat. I am now feeding him live mysis because he can't snick the live feeder shrimp.

Angie

[Reef_Angel]

I would be very curious to know what in the world that is on him. Is it growing bigger? It really makes you wonder how in the world he even got that. I wish you the best of luck. It sure is scary! Keep me informed. Do you have a nice sharp scalpal? If not, I'd use a brand new alcohol soaked razor blade. Clean his nose real good with a soft brush and betadine. Then poor the Betadine on his nose right before you make the cut, then immediately poor more on it right away. I might even put a dab of Neosporin Ointment on the wound, unless you have a specific antibiotic ointment for fish. My instinct would be to put on the ointment so no bacteria can get into the open wound. A vasoline base medication will help wick away the water until some healing time can set in. Poor guy! Good luck Girl. You know I'm always here rooting for you! ......Angel