Please tell me this is not Ich!?!?!?

[The_Browns]

 

[kevin2000]

That looks way too large for ich ... perhaps lympho.

 

[elegance coral]

Doesn't look like ich to me either.

 

[monty]

you'll know when you have ich...IMO, that isnt it

 

[red13miller]

Doesn't look like ich to me

 

[frankrip]

Could be lymphocystis or a parasite of some kind. Does it look like multiple small nodules?

 

[The_Browns]

No just like a little ball of cotton (its small)

 

[frankrip]

Is it attached to the body or the pelvic fin?

 

[elegance coral]

It could be a fungal infection from a wound. Is it a new fish to your tank? Sometimes this can happen when a fish losses a scale or two from being netted.

 

[Tony25]

My friends yellow tang has that on his back fin. Think its fungal.(its not ick)

 

[Roy G. Biv]

I had an angel with that. It looks like a hard ball of cotton. I forget what it was called. It falls off on its own in a few weeks. RESIST the urge to go in there and pick it off

 

[The_Browns]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11978380#post11978380 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by frankrip
Is it attached to the body or the pelvic fin?

The bottom 2 little fins in front of his/her pooper shoot :rollface:

 

[The_Browns]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11978394#post11978394 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
It could be a fungal infection from a wound. Is it a new fish to your tank? Sometimes this can happen when a fish losses a scale or two from being netted.

We just put him in the DT tonight. He was in QT for 3 weeks with no sign of anything. After 10 minutes in the tank we noticed it. We did not look over him today because lights were out in both tanks so we transfered him into the DT because he was fine yesterday. I did not notice this yesterday.

 

[The_Browns]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11978407#post11978407 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tony25
My friends yellow tang has that on his back fin. Think its fungal.(its not ick)

How do you get rid of it then? Suggestions

 

[The_Browns]

DOUBLE POST

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11978463#post11978463 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The_Browns
How do you get rid of it then? Suggestions

Check this out it may help. Your LFS should have meds for it.
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdfungus.htm

 

[austinvanover]

Looks like lymphocystis to me as well. Knock on wood I have never had a tang with it but other fish and it does not seem to affect them to much, just a while to recover.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11978672#post11978672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by austinvanover
Looks like lymphocystis to me as well. Knock on wood I have never had a tang with it but other fish and it does not seem to affect them to much, just a while to recover.

Thats the name I couldnt think of. It just falls off after some time.

 

[kevin2000]

Close up picture would help.

I doubt its a fungal problem - pretty rare in SW.

Might be lympho which is a viral issue. If lympho then its akin to warts in humans. No medication is going to help .. tend to be infection only within same species. Often goes away on its own if fish has strong immune system. Good water conditions, low stress, and good food will promote immune system.

Good luck.

 

[frankrip]

Being that it's attached to the fin, lymphocystis is much more benign. Lympho becomes more of a problem when it is on the body, particularly near the mouth or gills. Not much you can do about it anyway. May go away depending on fish health as said in a previous post.