sick Ranchu

I posted this before under "new shop" but thought it might be missed:

"I did buy a Ranchu, a gorgeous little chap, lemon and grey, very unusual.
Active and healthy looking...but when I got him home I noticed he's got a
deformity.

His anal port isnt where it should be, its actually between his tail fins
and to the side by about 3 cm. It looks a bit pink around the area and I
wonder if I need to treat him? I dont want to return him to the shop as
nobody will want to look after him like I do. "

I'll give him a fish physical to make sure I'm not wrong. I thought the
anal port was between the tail fins as it is ping round there and I thought
he was in the middle of a poop. But now it looks like an odd bit of flesh
or something? How do I treat a pink (not exactly red) sore? Bearing in
mind UK products seem to differ from USA ones.

Tess

OKay I examined him, (who said Ranchu were slow moving??)

Red gills, slime coat feels okay, belly not hard or mushy. Cant seem to
find the anal port where it should be, (will wait until I hopefully see him
poop) but between tail fins, it looks pink and there is a protrusion there
which I thought was a white stringy poop, but on examination it looks like a
separate part of the tail fin. He really does look like he's a bit
deformed.

He's about 1 and 3/4 ins long (not including tail). so difficult to see
really well between his tail fins. I dont mind the deformity (after all
he's lived this long...not sure about telling fish age by its size) but the
pinkness might be an early hint of a sore? Could I use an over the counter
medicine to reduce the "soreness". He's otherwise active, right friendly
and eating well, getting on famously with his tankmates too.

Tess

"Raccoon" <tess.trimarco RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> I posted this before under "new shop" but thought it might be missed:
>
> "I did buy a Ranchu, a gorgeous little chap, lemon and grey, very unusual.
> Active and healthy looking...but when I got him home I noticed he's got a
> deformity.
>
> His anal port isnt where it should be, its actually between his tail fins
> and to the side by about 3 cm. It looks a bit pink around the area and I
> wonder if I need to treat him? I dont want to return him to the shop as
> nobody will want to look after him like I do. "
>
> I'll give him a fish physical to make sure I'm not wrong. I thought the
> anal port was between the tail fins as it is ping round there and I
thought
> he was in the middle of a poop. But now it looks like an odd bit of flesh
> or something? How do I treat a pink (not exactly red) sore? Bearing in
> mind UK products seem to differ from USA ones.
>
> Tess
>
>