ID what is on my Anthias

[frofan]

I picked up a blotched anthias a few weeks ago. In the last few days I have noticed something on both sides of it. The Anthias was pre quarantined for 4 weeks. Is this disease or possibly from hiding in the rock work?

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[vetteguy53081]

I picked up a blotched anthias a few weeks ago. In the last few days I have noticed something on both sides of it. The Anthias was pre quarantined for 4 weeks. Is this disease or possibly from hiding in the rock work?

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May be uronema but will need a pic of both sides under white light intensity

 

[threebuoys]

If you are concerned about the white areas on either side, they appear to be raised scales to me. Have any of the other fish been aggressive towards the anthias? Otherwise, has the fish been eating and moving around much, or does it appear to be hiding?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It doesn't look like typical Uronema to me - more like a series of minor injuries.

Jay

 

[frofan]

No aggression has been seen. He hides in the rocks at night so that is the only potential for injury.

 

[vetteguy53081]

No aggression has been seen. He hides in the rocks at night so that is the only potential for injury.

Now that I see pics, agree with jay, thank goodness not uronema. I do see a few dots that represent ich and what looks like Bite marks. You may not see aggression but can be occurring in your absence. Nest time you go to feed, set your cell phone on video mode for about 40 mins and drop a little food and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Often the aggressor is a bully at feeding time.
Review the video and see who it may be

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

No aggression has been seen. He hides in the rocks at night so that is the only potential for injury.

You won’t likely see minor aggression - it may happen just once or twice in 24 hours, and while you are watching the fish, they stop fighting and watch you.
One trick is to set your phone to video the tank and then leave the room. Watch for any interaction where one fish and for another, even if they don’t make contact that time, they could be doing so at other times.

Jay

 

[frofan]

Will the Anthias heal on his own?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Will the Anthias heal on his own?

If the aggression settles down, yes.

Now, there is still the issue of secondary bacterial infection, that is a wild card. Kind of like how you can get a splinter with no issue, but another person might get a serious infection.

You do know that this species can be delicate when they first arrive from overseas?

Do you know what quarantine process the fish went through?

Jay