I have a porcupine puffer with white lumps on its fins. One on the tail, one on the dorsal and one on each pectoral fin. At first, I had thought it was ich but mulitple fresh water dips have not done anything to the lumps. Yesterday, I took him out of the tank and into a small bowl. The lumps are hard and very well attached. I tried to lightly pick them off but they were going nowhere. I would have uploaded a photo but a full day of shooting yesterday has left me with no empty flash cards. Maybe later once I've downloaded and backed it all up.
Any ideas on what it might be? I was at the LFS this morning getting some water and one of the kids there mentioned it might be a copepod parasite. His suggestion was to put the puffer in a bowl and snip off the portion of the fin that had the lump. That seems a bit drastic to me but if that's what I need to do then I will.
Any ideas on what it might be? I was at the LFS this morning getting some water and one of the kids there mentioned it might be a copepod parasite. His suggestion was to put the puffer in a bowl and snip off the portion of the fin that had the lump. That seems a bit drastic to me but if that's what I need to do then I will.
