Possible disease??

SpencerT82

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Hi, I just purchased a copper and butterfly at my LFS yesterday. I’m not sure if these little white spots were on him while he was at the store I don’t believe I saw them though. However I did notice them after putting him in the tank. Is this ick or some other disease? Is it just tiny sand pieces? Should I remove him before any disease spread to my other fish which all seem fine?
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The spots don’t really look like ich spots to me, too irregular.
My guess is lymphocytosis, which is common in new butterflyfish. Often it’s a sign of some stressor, but isn’t harmful in its own (there’s also no treatment, it just goes away on its own).
 

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Looks like lymph. And store lighting is set to hide disease as much as possible.

If you see random spots on body , that could be ich. But the edge of the fins is most likely lymph.
 

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If you can try feeding live food. They love live black or white worms. You can even pop open a small live clam for them to pick at
 

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