Please help insure what this is

[steiger33]

I noticed my Kole Tang has these white spots on its dorsal fin. It's on one side and the very top of the fin. No weird breathing or acting stressed. Please help.

As soon as I noticed this I put him into my QT last night. My sail fin tang isn't showing any of these on him.

 

[steiger33]

@reefsquad.

Sorry title was supposed to say unsure

 

[Humblefish]

I think it's just Lymphocystis.

Lymphocystis:

Symptoms - Lymphocystis appears as a white or beige colored cauliflower-like growth that usually starts on the fins and spines and sometimes spreads to the body. Initially it may be small (looks like ich), and then grows in size (which is how you know it’s not ich). Lympho is a virus that many fish carry for life. Fortunately, it is rarely fatal or even harmful to the fish, and symptoms will come and go.

Treatment options - No known cure or treatment exists. However, feeding vitamin-enriched foods and maintaining pristine water conditions may expedite the “going away” process.

 

[steiger33]

Thank you humble. Would you leave in QT with Prazipro or just move back to the DT?

 

[Humblefish]

Thank you humble. Would you leave in QT with Prazipro or just move back to the DT?

I would leave him in Prazipro for now (might as well deworm him while he is QT anyways.)

 

[steiger33]

Sounds like a plan. How long would you leave him in there for?

 

[Kershaw]

@Humblefish have you ever heard of people removing lymph by hand my gently rubbing the fish is fin, providing it lets you?

 

[Humblefish]

Sounds like a plan. How long would you leave him in there for?

About a week (you'll need to do another round of Prazipro in 5-7 days). This will also allow time to be sure this isn't a bacterial infection (not likely).

@Humblefish have you ever heard of people removing lymph by hand my gently rubbing the fish is fin, providing it lets you?

No, but my dad used to plop a fish with Lympho down on a cutting board and cut off the growths using a razor blade. Always worked for him. And an old boss of mine kept a tank full of cleaner shrimp so they could eat the growths off. Worked pretty well I must admit.

 

[Kershaw]

Lol ok. A friend that has been doing this along time said he would put them in a qt and rub the fins and when it wasn't real bad they would come off. Just wasn't sure if that was a real method

 

[Humblefish]

Lol ok. A friend that has been doing this along time said he would put them in a qt and rub the fins and when it wasn't real bad they would come off. Just wasn't sure if that was a real method

It might be, I've just never tried that before. Does he sedate the fish before doing that? Cause I can't see too many fish allowing you to do something like that to them.

 

[Kershaw]

I think he transfers them to qt then let's them calm down for a day, then catches by hand removes lymph then puts them back in display. i had a fish with lymph and That's what he told me to do. I dunno seems like allot of stress to me.

 

[steiger33]

Thank you Humble. You are awesome. Love that we have so many experts here to help us in need.

 

[Humblefish]

I think he transfers them to qt then let's them calm down for a day, then catches by hand removes lymph then puts them back in display. i had a fish with lymph and That's what he told me to do. I dunno seems like allot of stress to me.

Lympho is a virus that many fish carry for life. It is akin to herpes or the wart virus in humans. Just removing the symptoms (the white nodules) doesn't make the virus go away. It can flare back up at any time. So, the only upside to manual removal if you don't have to see the growths for awhile.