I recently acquired my CBB and initially put it in a QT. I am fortunate enough to already have a very healthy CBB and wanted another one for my other tank. One day after having it, I began noticing small white spots on this new fish and assumed it was Ich. I started gradually lowering the salinity for hyposalinity. The second day passed and I noticed that what I was seeing was most certainly not Ich. I started researching various diseases and viruses and realized that I was dealing with Lymphocystis. In the ten years of keeping marine fish, I have never dealt with this but have read about it. The great news is that this CBB eats very well. It eats mysis, squid, flakes, pellets, brine, & frozen angel and butterfly diet. I soak it's food in spirulina powder and selcon and it eats right out of my turkey baster. I feed it multiple times a day and do a daily water change. Hopefully, over the next couple of months this CBB kicks the lymph. All I can do is watch the water quality, keep the stress level low, and feed it a high quality diet. I guess I am lucky the fish eats the way it does. I will keep you posted in the next several weeks. Wish my butterfly and I luck!
Recently acquired CBB has Lymphocystis
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h2so4hurts
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Yep, good diet and clean water is really all you can do. Lymph isn't a killer, just ugly if it gets out of hand. My CBB had lymph too, but since moving to the display he hasn't shown any signs of it.
MrTuskfish
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Getting two CBBs to get along is probably going to be tougher than getting rid of the lympho/virus.
For sure! As I stated in the original post. They each will be in separate tanks.
MrTuskfish
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Missed it, I over-skim when I read.
