Sick fish please help

[scoots]

I purchased a trio of lineatus wrasses last Saturday. They had been at the LFS for a couple months and were healthy and eating. I brought them home and put them into a 65 gallon quarantine tank. For the first 7 days they look great and on day 7 I started to drop the salinity to do a hypo treatment before they gop into the display. I only went from 1.024-1.023. I noticed a what looks like a white ball on next to the mouth of the dominant male and a small white patch above the lip on the submissive male. The female has no signs of illness.

In the trio is a dominant male that they couldn't find the female of the pair in the tank. And a male female pair where the male is smaller than the other male.

All three fish are still active and eating like pigs. I did a waterchange today to try to improve water quality but I tested and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were all at 0 anyway. I also started soaking all food in garlic to help boost the imune system.

The tank is set up as a barebottom and has about 40# of liverock in a 65 gallon tank. I also have a HOB filter and a aquaclear 402 powerhead for water movement.

Here is a pic of the dominant male with the spot to the left of his lip. Sorry for the quality, hopefully someone will have an idea. Again it looks like a white ball stuck to the skin.

 

[Jerry W]

Could be lymphocystis. Have you seen any aggression betweeen the two affected fish?
If it's lymph, it will clear up on it's own with good water/diet/low stress. It's generally not contagious, and can resemble a cauliflower type patch on the fish. I don't think you need to medicate the fish at this point, but observe for changes in size/texture of the spot.

 

[scoots]

I haven't really seen any serious agression. The smaller male will be chased away if he gets too close but it is not really aggressive chasing like I have seen before. He only chases him for like a foot and the smaller male will retreat or swim into the rock work. I will just keep an eye on things for now and see if it changes.