Please help me identify this disease/fungus

[lindfozs]

I recently purchased a foxface and soon after I got it home and into my quarantine system, I noticed what appears to be fungus like growths on its fins. It did not have these growths when it was in the store and the blenny that I purchased at the same time does not have any of these growths. Both the foxface and blenny are active and have been eating well in quarantine for about 4 weeks now. I just don't want to introduce them to the DT until I'm certain they are disease free.

Sorry for the poor phone quality picture. I haven't been able to identify exactly what this is though and any recommendations would be helpful. I treated with PimaFix for one week but that had no effect. I'm now treating with PraziPro but still have not seen any results. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Nina51]

not sure if it's the lighting or the actual color...the growths look to be yellow? if they are, i'm not sure but if they are white in color and look sort of like warts, it would probably be Lymphocystis. it's a virus that manifests in these growths and is usually found on the fins and occasionally on the body of the fish. if that's what it is, there is no treatment and it will usually go away on its own after a few weeks.

one thing you can do is to soak his food in selcon and/or vita-chem. my kole tang went through a bout of lympho when he was in qt and soaking his food helped to clear up the growths quickly. i noticed a huge difference after just 3 or 4 days.

 

[lindfozs]

Nina

Yes the growths are yellow on the fins and look like warts. I'll keep soaking food in Selcon and see if that helps to clear it up. Thanks for the help.