"cotton ball" on my coral beauty

[pktech]

my coral beauty has a cotton ball type of growth (assuming a fungus) towards his tail.

a little less than the size of a dime - anyone's fish have this at some point?
I feel terrible for him ...

 

[steelersfan]

You might want to check out this article. It might be Lymphocystis.


http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Lawler_Lymphocystis.html

 

[pktech]

thanks for the article, steeler ... it still has an appetite, so far ...

 

[steelersfan]

That's good news. If it is Lymphocystis, make sure that you keep your water parameters in check.

 

[pktech]

Today, it looks like he & my sailfin now have an ich out break ... :mad2:

Going to set up a qt tank in a few hours ...