Splotchy clown - what is this?

Sticker shock · Nov 30, 2019

Hoping someone might be able to identify this. He has been in QT with Copper Power at about 2.0 ppm for almost 2 weeks as I thought he had ich (now starting to second guss that diagnosis). I haven't seen the spots drop off or really change at all. However there are so many it's hard to say if they are the same spots. Appetite is good, haven't seen any flashing, and he is swimming and acting just like a normal clown. Tankmates are seemingly unaffected. Any chance this is just a bad case of Lympho? The pics don't pick it up well (although you can see it faintly) but there are some splotches on the white areas as well. Thinking I might complete the course of Copper Power and then switch to Furan or maybe just try a freshwater dip? Any ideas out there?

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HotRocks · Nov 30, 2019

It could be early stages of brook or it could also be flukes. Have you done a FW dip on the fish yet?

Sticker shock · Nov 30, 2019

Haven't done a FW dip as I thought it was just ich. I might give that a shot today. Is this what flukes would look like? I was also considering Brook, but it hasn't changed in a couple weeks, and no skin peeling.

Qasimja · Nov 30, 2019

it wouldnt hurt anything to run metroplex with copper since you are already running it, that way the copper will deal with ich/velvet and the metro will deal with brook and uronema.