Help please ID problem and solution

[Varible]

I picked up these clowns at the LFS and they looked clean and healthy, as i have been an avid lurker in the forums here for a while i followed the best practices and put them right into a ready to go QT. I treated them with Copper Power and Metroplex as outlined in the QT plans i see here.

Unfortunately they don't look very good. One in particular is very unhealthy looking. They act very normal, breathing looks fine, they eat anything i put in and they swim around fine. I moved them to new water and tried Kanaplex for the last 5 days and that seems to have made no difference except to make the water very cloudy. Please help let me know what to do. I have a pretty well stocked pile of medicines on hand and ready.

I am just getting back into the hobby after more than a decade so please be gentle

 

[Big G]

Looks like lymphocystis. Are those white areas cottony, fibrous, and maybe some cauliflower like in texture?

 

[Zionas]

Yeah, looks like lympho. Maintain stable water parameters and keep giving them good food. Should go away on its own. Poor guy.

 

[Big G]

Adding Beta Glucan to your fish's food has shown to help with lympho.

Beta-glucan as an Immune Stimulant in Marine Aquaria

By Christine Williams Inevitably as reefkeepers we do things that stress our fish and invertebrates: bringing new animals in, moving them from tank to tank,

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[Varible]

Thanks for the assist, I think it does look like cauliflower a bit.

So I should do a water change, get some carbon in there with them and make sure its as clean and perfect as possible and feed them with enhanced food. I have selcon and i just ordered the beta glucan for overnight delivery.

What foods do you recommend and do i mix the BG with the selcon as well?

 

[Big G]

Thanks for the assist, I think it does look like cauliflower a bit.

So I should do a water change, get some carbon in there with them and make sure its as clean and perfect as possible and feed them with enhanced food. I have selcon and i just ordered the beta glucan for overnight delivery.

What foods do you recommend and do i mix the BG with the selcon as well?

Using 6-8 different frozen fish cubes, place into a bowl and place into the fridge to "slump." Mix and then strain off the excess liquid. It will spike your nitrates and phosphates. Add to the mix a 1/2 capsule of BG + Focus and a bit of tank water to make the consistency you want to work with. The mix will stay good in the fridge for a few days. Once the fish has recovered, alternate weeks of adding the BG to the mix.