Lymphocystis disappearing

[Recty]

So my two Semilarvatus B/F had a mild case of lympho. I've never had this in my tanks before, this was a first time experience.

After reading about it, it doesnt sound like there is much you can do for it, just provide good water quality and it will go away on it's own.

These two B/F are in a 29g quarantine tank which I do about 25% water changes on daily, plus I run an ammonia absorbing and activated carbon mix in a filter sock, the water quality always tests out as good, but who knows, they got it for some reason.

Anyway, one B/F only has a small spot on his back fin on the edge, you can barely see it.

The other one had a pretty decent sized chunk on the edge of his pectoral fin on the left side. Also, right where that chunk would touch his body when he pulls his fins back developed a small piece of lympho also.

I've been watching them for about 3 weeks now and I noticed last night that the lympho on the pectoral fin of the 2nd fish is now missing. He still has it on his side, but the fin lympho is gone.

Does that stuff just fall off? I thought it basically was like a wart that the fish had to fight off and it would slowly disappear? It certainly didnt work like that in this case, it was there at the lunch feeding and then not there when I got home from work and went to feed again in the evening...

 

[dones20]

lympho is extremely contagiouse with in fish if the infected fin touches another fish or another part of the fishes body it will spread to that area i really dont think its possible for it to disapperar the way you have described but it could be possible

 

[Recty]

Yeah, it's gone now. The only thing that could have happened is the other Semilarvatus could have eaten it, I suppose... otherwise it just fell off.

I definitely saw it earlier, then it was gone the next feeding. It's had it there for 2 weeks, slowly getting bigger then stopped. I've been watching it close to see if it goes into regression, so I immediately noticed when it was GONE.

Anyone else know much about lympho? Can it fall off or does it always get disolved by the body back down to nothing?

 

[badazztealcobra]

Read the description in this article.... Sounds like it falls off and then can infect other fish....

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

 

[limitdown]

I've had multiple fish in a QT before and just 1 fish had lymph, but the others never got it. When lymph nodules fall off, they usually takes a chunk of the fin with it. However, the fin will grow back.

 

[Recty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13152036#post13152036 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by limitdown
I've had multiple fish in a QT before and just 1 fish had lymph, but the others never got it. When lymph nodules fall off, they usually takes a chunk of the fin with it. However, the fin will grow back.

Yeah, I've been staring at the B/F for a whole day now looking at his fin, there isnt any damage there.

He's a lucky fish I guess

As far as falling to the tank bottom and reinfecting other fish, I'm not too worried about that, I do a 5g water change nightly and siphon the entire bottom of the tank every time.