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It took me a LONG time to get him to “pose” for those pics. I believe attempting to get a video would drain my battery lol.White light pics and a short video please. Take a look through this also.
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Blue spot appears to have what may be bacterial but photos too dark to depict what it may be. To best assess, please repost under white lightingI noticed this two weeks ago midway between the head and tail, (See first pic). Since then it has become less defined and more diffuse, (pic 2). Looks like missing scales but I’m not sure what to make of it. Fish seems fine otherwise. Thanks for any information and advice.
Run a search for blue spot jawfish disease - I think the acronym is BJD or BSJD. I’m on my phone and can’t find any posts for you, but this VERY similar to that issue. I hope not as it is very serious, and since the cause isn’t known, no treatment for it.
Yikes! It does rather look like that and now my research reveals this fish is on some “ best left in the ocean “ lists. I’ll hope for the best. At least I suppose it’s not contagious.
A bit more research reveals these fish live in cooler waters than most tropical species, close to 70 degrees. They also don’t travel well. Shame on me for not researching further before the purchase however they’re listed as “care level easy” on saltwaterfish.com. Assuming my information is accurate it would also have been nice to have been steered away from this expensive fish by the LFS which sold it.
