Is this flukes? Thanks

[jacksin]

Noticed this today. Flukes?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Looks more like mechanical damage - either from aggression or bashing into a rock.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Noticed this today. Flukes?

Flukes really can’t be positively ID’d from a picture. In the one pic, the fish’s eye seems cloudy, is it?
Have you seen any scratching/flashing?
Any other symptoms?
Jay

 

[jacksin]

As far as I can tell, the eyes look clear. A couple days ago I netted out a Midas blenny that I’ve had for well over 5 years. It was just laying on the bottom and breathing heavy . I netted it out and put into another tank and left for work. It had passed when I returned after work, I have not added a fish for probably 6 months.

 

[jacksin]

Similar looking white crud on tail of pajama cardinal. Sorry for the lousy pic

 

[vetteguy53081]

I see on current fish what looks like scar/injury. As Jay stated, other than neobendendia flukes, they are not visible unless detached during a FW dip.
Heavy breathing can occur from Aggression, injury, elevated ammonia or nitrate, high water temperature, gill issue as examples.
Flukes will baehaviors of yawning, color loss, clamped fins, flashing /scratching/darting.
Blenny has mouth partially open suggesting low oxygen or issue with water. How are you testing ?

 

[jacksin]

Gave blenny a quick freshwater dip, can’t remember if pic was taken in the freshwater bath or in a small Tupperware of saltwater

 

[jacksin]

Aquabiomics noted finding a bacterial pathogen, V. Fortis?

 

[jacksin]

The only aggression I see is when someone goes near the clowns. They protect their territory as they are always spawning, but it’s always in the same corner.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

There are a number of pathogenic Vibrio, that is a relatively new one, I don’t know much about it, but it appears to be anaerobic. If so, it would be unlikely to cause lesions externally on fish, since the water has oxygen in it.
It could be another bacteria of course. The trouble with bacterial infections is that they almost always have some factor that got the infection started - unlike fish parasites that start infections by their mere presence, most of these bacteria are in your tank already, so it takes some issue to cause them to become active diseases.
Jay

 

[52728299]

Fwiw I read midas blennies live about 5 yrs, could be old age for that guy



May be wrong on that tho..

 

[jacksin]

Thanks
Is there anything I could or should do