Ich?
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Sharkbait19
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It does look to be ich. How recently were the fish added?
Best thing to do is pull the fish and treat with copper.
Best thing to do is pull the fish and treat with copper.
Uncle99
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I see nothing on the top clown.
Bottom, I see a few “things” on the tail, one on the dorsal, if ick, very early stage, I’d expect more spots.
Any changes whatsoever in behavior?
Maybe if you can turn the blue off.
Bottom, I see a few “things” on the tail, one on the dorsal, if ick, very early stage, I’d expect more spots.
Any changes whatsoever in behavior?
Maybe if you can turn the blue off.
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It is hard to say what it is with the only sign being a few dots. It cannot hurt to have a hospital tank ready. I would observe closely for another day or so. Pulling now may stress more than help. If it progressed you hav your hospital /qt tank ready.
Cant hurt to double check water quality also.
It is hard to say what it is with the only sign being a few dots. It cannot hurt to have a hospital tank ready. I would observe closely for another day or so. Pulling now may stress more than help. If it progressed you hav your hospital /qt tank ready.
Cant hurt to double check water quality also.
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To confirm what may be lymphocystis, please provide pics under white lighting
The nodule shown too large to be ich
The nodule shown too large to be ich
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+1 on posting different pics taken under white light.
From what I can see, this isn't ich - spots are too large.
Lymphocystis is more often on the fin edges.
Jay
From what I can see, this isn't ich - spots are too large.
Lymphocystis is more often on the fin edges.
Jay
cpalminteri
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So I didn’t see anything on it yesterday when I got home and took pics under white lights. What should I look for in lymph ?
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So I didn’t see anything on it yesterday when I got home and took pics under white lights. What should I look for in lymph ?
Lymphocystis is a viral disease, and it causes the fish's skin cells to grow in size, making white or gray bumps along the edges of the fins. These spots in the first picture were not on the fin edge, and now they aren't there, so this isn't Lymphocystis. Since the spots were too large to be ich, I wonder if this was just some mucus from a bit of fin damage that got washed away?
It bears continued close observation though, but at this point, I don't see any treatable disease.
Jay
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Yeah that’s what I’m thinking as well! It was also very early when I saw that yest. I’ll keep an eye on them and update, thanks all
