Achilles tang with a white spot

[reece3689]

I woke up this morning and my Achilles tang has a white spot on his forehead. He’s eating well and is acting fine.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That looks like an injury. Do I see some small white spots on the fins though?
Jay

 

[reece3689]

That looks like an injury. Do I see some small white spots on the fins though?
Jay

Yes, he’s had it and I’m pretty sure it is Lymph. I’m told I just leave it alone or try to pick it off one day?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That doesn’t look like lymphocystis. See how it is circular, radiating out from a central point? That’s how bacterial infections tend to grow.
Jay

 

[reece3689]

That doesn’t look like lymphocystis. See how it is circular, radiating out from a central point? That’s how bacterial infections tend to grow.
Jay

 

[Matt1997]

That’s a lymph on the fin. The mark on the head is from hitting a rock or something.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Oh, I thought I saw some smaller spots on the fin, that larger diffuse one is lymphocystis.
Jay

 

[reece3689]

That’s a lymph on the fin. The mark on the head is from hitting a rock or something.

Thank you, the next day it went away! I’m so paranoid with having him. I have read a lot of horror stories.