Brown lesion ID

[ReefinginOntario]

Thanks Jay. After having a closer look at him there was significantly more tissue loss on his lower jaw that I didn’t notice over the past couple of days. No way it would recover and probably would have had a slow death. I opted to euthanize it as a humane solution. At least I’ll have formalin in the event something like this happens again.

How contagious wound you say this ailment is? While in quarantine he was with a yellow tang separated by a divider.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks Jay. After having a closer look at him there was significantly more tissue loss on his lower jaw that I didn’t notice over the past couple of days. No way it would recover and probably would have had a slow death. I opted to euthanize it as a humane solution. At least I’ll have formalin in the event something like this happens again.

How contagious wound you say this ailment is? While in quarantine he was with a yellow tang separated by a divider.

Sorry to hear. I’ve only seen this external fungus a few times recently, never more than one case at a time, it didn’t seem to spread.
Jay

 

[ReefinginOntario]

Thanks. He was a beautiful lyretail anthias. Hopefully I can find another one almost as nice unless the dominant female starts to turn before I find one.

I really appreciate your help Jay. Valuable lesson for me in what to watch for and appropriate treatment. Unfortunately for us here in Canada it takes a little longer (if at all) to get proper meds and in cases like this every passing hour counts. Just bad luck for me and the fish that it happened to be an aggressive strain unresponsive to traditional antibiotics.