Orange growth

[CubanB]

So I’ve moved the clown to qt the white spot has turned orange and puffy. What am I dealing with and what is the best course of treatment?

 

[Crabs McJones]

So I’ve moved the clown to qt the white spot has turned orange and puffy. What am I dealing with and what is the best course of treatment?

Any better pics? Lumps could be lymphocystis. That usually starts out as a white pin size growth and then gets larger over time, it's a viral infection. Anyone from #reefsquad to confirm please

 

[Maritimer]

The other possibility would be a bacterial infection. Lymphocystis has no cure, but isn't much more dangerous than a cold sore.

Bacterial infections can be deadly, but can be brought under control with wide-spectrum antibiotics. Metroplex, Kanaplex and Furan-2 are a combination that should be locally available and has worked for many. I've also heard good things about Nitrofuracin Green, but I've never used it.

It's difficult for me to tell for certain, given the resolution of the photo.

~Bruce

 

[CubanB]

Thanks for the reply. I took a ton of photos and this was the best. He knows when I’m about to take a pic. Let’s say it isn’t a bacterial infection. Would dosing metroplex, kanaplex, and furan-2 on a fish without a bacterial infection be bad or could this be a good treatment. He was getting bullied by the female and when this orang lump appeared I decided to take him out and qt again.

 

[Maritimer]

Quite understandable, regarding the photo - I think fish "recognize" the lens of a camera as the eye of a predator.

Even if the growth isn't a bacterial infection, the fish isn't likely to be _directly_ harmed by antibiotic treatment, but there might still be some small risk that, for instance, a bacterium could develop resistance to the medication. Antibiotics don't seem to be as dangerous as, for instance, copper, which is a toxin (Parasites generally succumb to copper before fish. Most of the time.), but no treatment is entirely without risk.

~Bruce

 

[CubanB]

Quite understandable, regarding the photo - I think fish "recognize" the lens of a camera as the eye of a predator.

Even if the growth isn't a bacterial infection, the fish isn't likely to be _directly_ harmed by antibiotic treatment, but there might still be some small risk that, for instance, a bacterium could develop resistance to the medication. Antibiotics don't seem to be as dangerous as, for instance, copper, which is a toxin (Parasites generally succumb to copper before fish. Most of the time.), but no treatment is entirely without risk.

~Bruce

Thank you for your assistance. We'll get the little guy on antibiotics right away.

 

[CubanB]

The other possibility would be a bacterial infection. Lymphocystis has no cure, but isn't much more dangerous than a cold sore.

Bacterial infections can be deadly, but can be brought under control with wide-spectrum antibiotics. Metroplex, Kanaplex and Furan-2 are a combination that should be locally available and has worked for many. I've also heard good things about Nitrofuracin Green, but I've never used it.

It's difficult for me to tell for certain, given the resolution of the photo.

~Bruce

I got a better picture of it. I'm kinda leaning toward lymphocystis. I would love the opinion of someone more knowledgeable

 

[Maritimer]

It does look rather more like lymph in this photo.

Keep an eye on it, and keep good care of the fish, and it should resolve on its own.

~Bruce

 

[CubanB]

It does look rather more like lymph in this photo.

Keep an eye on it, and keep good care of the fish, and it should resolve on its own.

~Bruce

Thanks! I really appreciate the help