Copperbanded Butterfly with lymphocystis?

rwsunrx

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I've had a copperbanded butterfly for about 6 months and he seems very active and happy. Only eats live black worms plus copepods, tiny feather dusters from the rockwork. But he loves the live black worms and eats them like a pig. The tank is very peaceful: 150g with 1 kole tang, 2 yellow watchman gobies, 2 juvenile ocelaris clowns, 2 firefish. And they all get along very well.

Over the last 2 weeks, my CBB has developed something on it's tail. I first I thought it was bacterial or fungal, but I placed him in a 40g QT and it has not responded to Kanaplex at all. He is still very active with a great appetite, but I don't know what this is or how to treat it. The tail is still fully intack and the CBB doesn't seem to notice there is anything wrong with his tail. The growth is white & cottony and seems to be on the surface rather than imbedded in the tissue of the tail. I've included a few photos below. What do you think this is? And what should I do about it?
 

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Looks like lympho to me. It's a virus and no proven medications exist to treat it. The good news is it usually clears up on it's own, provided you aid your CB's natural immune system. You can do this by providing him with immaculate water quality, low stress and vitamin enriched foods.
 
my skunk cleaner shrimp picked it off my CBB when he had it.. although he wasn't gentle in the process. fin was ripped and the lympho came back a few times. each time it was eaten off and hasnt been back for some time.
 
PE mysis ....

as stated correctly, no medication for it, so feed it foods with alot of proteins and vitamines ... mine doesnt take pellets so PE mysis soaked in Zao is what I did .. and ALOT of water changes and wet skimming.[to keep water parameters good]
 
Mine developed this after undergoing treatment for ich in my QT. He doesn't eat mysis, but loves live black worms and eats them like a pig. He has improved significantly since my first post and I moved him into my main DT 3 days ago and my skunk cleaner shrimp was immediately all over him. And now I can't see any signs of lymphosistis.
Thanks for everyone's advice!
 
Mine developed this after undergoing treatment for ich in my QT. He doesn't eat mysis, but loves live black worms and eats them like a pig. He has improved significantly since my first post and I moved him into my main DT 3 days ago and my skunk cleaner shrimp was immediately all over him. And now I can't see any signs of lymphosistis.
Thanks for everyone's advice!

Congrats. Excellent water and good nutrition seems to cause lymphocystis to retreat. By the way CBB seem to like clams on the half shell as well.
 
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