White bubble on fish chin

[Boochika]

Kind of hard to see from the pictures but an air bubble looking thing has formed in the chin if one of my fish. My parameters are good 0 ammo 2 nitrate 0 phosphate 1.026 sal 8.3 oh 9dkh.

I haven't changed anything in the past few weeks but when I bought this guy I saw something smaller like this develop during QT. It went away in QT and now it's back. I QT for 4 weeks with formalin baths and freshwater dips and it doesn't look like little spots. Clearly a bubble like those shown on they eyes of fish sometimes.

I am dosing NoPox and I've seen some anecdoctal information about that affecting fish negatively. Also wondering if there is excessive nitrogen gas from carbon dosing?

I'm tapering down my dosing off NoPox and seeing if it will go down. This also coincides with my tank having more particles in it.

The fish is behaving perfectly normal and eating voraciously so I'm not too concerned. Just trying to Soo how to remedy it so it doesn't get worse or spread to his other organs.

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[Sk8r]

Difficult to judge. Too big for ich, possibly lymphocystis, which is a virus. I've never seen a case of brooklynosis in the flesh, so I am no judge. Do not add any fish until that is resolved. You might try feeding Selcon-dosed food. It's a general help to a fish in poor condition. Watch your alkalinity (8.3 is a good reading). And just cross your fingers. He's in your tank. Whatever he's got, the tank has got, now, and if it should be ich you just have to wait it out 72 days from last observed instance.

 

[Boochika]

Difficult to judge. Too big for ich, possibly lymphocystis, which is a virus. I've never seen a case of brooklynosis in the flesh, so I am no judge. Do not add any fish until that is resolved. You might try feeding Selcon-dosed food. It's a general help to a fish in poor condition. Watch your alkalinity (8.3 is a good reading). And just cross your fingers. He's in your tank. Whatever he's got, the tank has got, now, and if it should be ich you just have to wait it out 72 days from last observed instance.

See I've thought lymphocystis but it's clear, not cloudy or reddish like I've seen images online. I already had a month planned to wait for fish but I am going to QT him this weekend and do a water change. I'll see about the selcon stuff.

Thanks for your help.

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[Sk8r]

Weird. I'd say Selcon as a nutrient supplement has a chance if it's just a skin problem: I knew a purple tang that had bad, bad hlle (pits) in skin, and Selcon helped. Also, if you're feeding regular brine shrimp, switch to copepods (we can at least get them dried, now) and a varied diet---Reef Nutrition makes some good ones the fish love.

 

[Boochika]

Well it's been brine Shrimp and new life spectrum ultra red. I need to add some live pods to tank anyways but I'll look into the dry stuff too. Thanks.

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[Boochika]

An update on this issue, my fish seems happy, he's eating and swimming around. NO issues.

He still has the bubble on his chin and it hasn't grown and may have even deflated or decreased in size. However, I have noticed and so has my wife that there has been some stringy poop coming out of him at times.

It's white and stays attached for awhile before coming off. I could be over feeding as I feed twice a day as much as they'll eat until they're done. I have prazi and could dose teh entire tank or do a water change and set up my QT and put prazi in there for the clown assuming it's a parasite causing the white stringy poop. Any issues with dosing the whole tank though? I feel like it will be less stressful in general. Just a little nervous to turn off my carbon and skimmer for a few days.

 

[Sk8r]

Prazi will kill your bristleworms and add their nitrate to the system, but not much unless you have a lot of worms. By your photos, you don't have many things in the tank, so it probably will be safe. As clean as that tank is, almost too clean, skimmer and carbon off for a few days probably won't hurt it.

 

[Boochika]

I don't have any bristle worms. Started with dry rock. I do want to eventually add some live rock for coralline but haven't got around to it yet.

I'll give it a go with the prazi for now see if it helps.

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