Small grainy white barnacles on anthias, not ich

[ksicard]

Hey all,
I recently acquired 3 squampinnias anthais and 1 of the females has these small grainy white barnacles on them. It's definetely not ich and I'm not quite sure what they are. You can litterally see them on the fish, its not like ich and you actually see it raised off the skin vrs. ich where its not 3 demensional. There almost like little white warts if that makes sense. There on the fishes head in a few different locations. I count 3-4 maybe. Any clue on what they might be and how to treat?

Fortunately I qt my fish so they are in my QT and I already have 0.5ppm of cupramine running. I've never ran across this before so let me know if you guys know what they are.

 

[Deinonych]

Can you post pictures?

 

[sabo]

Cotton wool fungus maybe?

 

[CSalty]

Could possibly be marinevelvet its similar to ich

 

[Deinonych]

Cotton wool fungus maybe?

Unlikely. Fungal infections in marine fish are uncommon.

Could possibly be marinevelvet its similar to ich

Could be, but a picture would go a long way toward providing a diagnosis.

 

[jbvdhp]

Does it have eyes?

 

[ksicard]

Unfortuantely the barnacles are to small for my limited photogrpahy skills to capture. I'm thinking it may be lymphocistis. There's already cupramine running in the system, but I'm not sure if I should be using any other meds in case its something else. Anyone have any recommendations on what treatment I should combine with cupramine so that I can cover the broad spectrum of things that it may be?

 

[jay13]

If it is Lymphocystis then it is viral. Nothing to do but provide supportive care.