FixIt
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I saw these 2 spots on my clown today. Any idea what it could be? It is on only 1 of the 2 clowns in the tank and only on 2 of its fins. Sorry for the bad cell phone pic but it is all I currently have.
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Could be a bacterial infection. If so Or it could be lymphocystis a viral infection of which there is no cure.
It's not life threatening and the fish basically lives with it. Just keep pristine water conditions and keep the fish well nourished
It's not life threatening and the fish basically lives with it. Just keep pristine water conditions and keep the fish well nourished
eatbreakfast
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That looks like lymphocystis to me.
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Contagious to other fish?
eatbreakfast
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I don't know for sure, maybe by contact. It's like herpes, but for fish. Usually it means you need to do a water change.
Yes, the white nodules on the fish burst and send the virus into the water. Many fish have Lympho so it's a disease I wouldn't worry too much about. Symptoms will flare up whenever a fish is stressed or water quality has diminished, but the fish will go back to being asymptomatic once the underlying cause has been fixed.
