Copperband Butterfly help please!!!!!

Fr4nkthet4nk · Mar 18, 2018

I bought this copperband butterfly from Liveaquaria. It came with a white big spot in its back fin and one side fin. After one day he is showing more but they look a bit different that ich. They are bigger.

Do you have any idea what can it be and what should I use? I have to say he is eating good and it is in my observation tank with a blue powder tang. They have been together for 2 days blue powder is not showing any thing yet.

mtraylor · Mar 18, 2018

I have had that on fish before, but I cant remember what we called it. It pretty much just goes away. I didn't do any special treatment to get rid of it.

Flippers4pups · Mar 18, 2018

Hard to tell from the picture. Could be flukes or lymphocystis. Let's get some more eyes on this. #reefsquad @Humblefish

Flippers4pups · Mar 18, 2018

Here's a great guide on fish diseases and treatment by @Humblefish. Good read!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fish-diseases-101.189284/

4FordFamily · Mar 18, 2018

That appears to be textbook lympho. It presents this way on copperband butterflies and many others pretty often. It could ALSO have ich but I cannot tell for sure. That’s definitely classic CBB lympho beginning.

mtraylor · Mar 18, 2018

If he is eating you can add a little garlic to his food.

4FordFamily · Mar 18, 2018

mtraylor said:
If he is eating you can add a little garlic to his food.

Selcon, Zoecon, and Vita Chem would help more. Garlic will stimulate appetite which is helpful.

Fr4nkthet4nk · Mar 18, 2018

I will keep posting. Thank you for your comments

vic5hands · Mar 18, 2018

had the same problem it goes away by it self.

saltyhog · Mar 18, 2018

Definitely looks like lympho. Good water quality, low stress environment(keep an eye on the powder blue) and good nutrition and it will go away. It can take quite a while though.

I don't like garlic because of the problems it can cause with the liver. If the fish is eating well it's not going to help anyway as stimulating appetite is it's positive effect.

Humblefish · Mar 18, 2018

I’m pretty sure that’s just a bad case of Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

Triggreef · Mar 18, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
Hard to tell from the picture. Could be flukes or lymphocystis. Let's get some more eyes on this. #reefsquad @Humblefish

I agree. Nothing to treat.

GoldeneyeRet · Mar 18, 2018

My CBB had lympho just like that all throughout QT.

Once in DT it went away fairly quickly and he is now a fat and happy glutton!

Good luck

ReefQueen · Mar 18, 2018

I agree with lympho.
Man, there have been a lot of threads for lympho on cbb lately! Maybe we need a sticky? lol

jd371 · Mar 19, 2018

GoldeneyeRet said:
My CBB had lympho just like that all throughout QT.

Once in DT it went away fairly quickly and he is now a fat and happy glutton!

Good luck

Yep, it was the same with mine. Keep an eye out for bacterial infections. The first CBB I had in QT died from a bacterial infection rather quickly, showed signs one day and the next day was gone. I didn't have all the proper antibiotics on hand. Didn't make the same mistake with the second one.

Fr4nkthet4nk · Mar 19, 2018

jd371 said:
Yep, it was the same with mine. Keep an eye out for bacterial infections. The first CBB I had in QT died from a bacterial infection rather quickly, showed signs one day and the next day was gone. I didn't have all the proper antibiotics on hand. Didn't make the same mistake with the second one.

This is my third try. He is eating pretty good. That was not happening with the other 2.