Black Clown Goby with Lumps?

[TiltedReef]

Hey! Just got this little guy yesterday and noticed these lumps/whitish spots on him. Any ID or diagnosis? I only have a blue light pic of him atm but will post white light pics after work today. Have him in the QT with a cleaner shrimp inside. The goby seems fine, he’s swimming around, attaching to things and the glass, eating normally. My LFS is very reputable and wouldn’t have sold me a fish with a spreadable disease (they also heavily QT and treat their livestock before sale).
Could it be lymphocystis? Or just something benign?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey! Just got this little guy yesterday and noticed these lumps/whitish spots on him. Any ID or diagnosis? I only have a blue light pic of him atm but will post white light pics after work today. Have him in the QT with a cleaner shrimp inside. The goby seems fine, he’s swimming around, attaching to things and the glass, eating normally. My LFS is very reputable and wouldn’t have sold me a fish with a spreadable disease (they also heavily QT and treat their livestock before sale).
Could it be lymphocystis? Or just something benign?

Need a pic or two under bright white light intensity as this is what we see (below).
Likelihood will be the netting of fish or the fish rubbing lips along the fish bag it was placed in.

 

[TiltedReef]

Need a pic or two under bright white light intensity as this is what we see (below).
Likelihood will be the netting of fish or the fish rubbing lips along the fish bag it was placed in.

I’ll be able to take some under whites later today after 5 pm est. but from just this pic and his fins you can guess it was the net or bag rubbing?

Thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ll be able to take some under whites later today after 5 pm est. but from just this pic and his fins you can guess it was the net or bag rubbing?

Thanks!

Hard to see and tell but typical occurrences with mouth and lip issues when newly purchased

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Agreed - we need clear photos under white light.

I can see some fin ray damage on the second dorsal fin - what other fish are in with it?

 

[TiltedReef]

Agreed - we need clear photos under white light.

I can see some fin ray damage on the second dorsal fin - what other fish are in with it?

Just got him yesterday and he was with a juvie Ocellaris clown in his sale tank at the LFS. He had the fin damage and spottyness prior to introduction to the tank. I will be introducing him to a bonded pair of White Storm Ocellaris, a diamond back goby, and a citron clown goby, as well as a banded shrimp.

 

[TiltedReef]

@vetteguy53081 @Jay Hemdal here are more pics

 

[TiltedReef]

And these too plus a video

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

And these too plus a video

There is a really good chance that the goby has ich - it looks different on small gobies.

Have you ever had to deal with ich before?
You might want to contact the store and ask if they are seeing any ich issues in the tank this goby came from.

 

[vetteguy53081]

And these too plus a video

Looks like some healing fin damage. The fish also appears to have ich and will require treatment using either General cure or chloroquine Phosphate. While they can tolerate coppersafe, I am leery with a fish this small

And these too plus a video

 

[TiltedReef]

Looks like some healing fin damage. The fish also appears to have ich and will require treatment using either General cure or chloroquine Phosphate. While they can tolerate coppersafe, I am leery with a fish this small

Put him in a different qt now and treating with coppersafe as that is all i have atm. Will order those others on amazon tn. Thank you!

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Put him in a different qt now and treating with coppersafe as that is all i have atm. Will order those others on amazon tn. Thank you!

That sure does look like ich plus some aggression from another fish. Coppersafe will work against ich, but it will take up to 3 days before you see much of a change in the number of spots. The treatment dose should be held at 2.25 ppm (range 2 to 2.5).

You'll want to monitor any fish in the first tank, in case they come down with ich.

Jay

 

[TiltedReef]

Update: just a few days of 2.0 ppm coppersafe in a 2.5 gal hospital tank is showing a major reduction in white spots. He is moving around a lot more but still a little picky with the flakes im throwing in there. He just spits it back out.