Baffled need help

Xanthurum

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So I have a Powder Brown in QT and I am baffled and need help. I treat all Acanthus with Cupramine regardless of symptoms and typically do 2 rounds of prazi to be safe but this one has me stumped. I was sure there was flukes despite a FW dip not showing any but whatever is on this fish will not come off. The cloudy eyes go away when I medicate with prazi but only briefly, in fact they the eyes clear but get these bumps on them and he has them around his mouth and gills. I swear its flukes but FW dips and prazi won't make them let go. Any help is appreciated.

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The pictures aren't really clear enough to make anything out (I know how tough it is to get good photos though).

You're correct in that Neobendenia flukes will cause a cloudy "cap" on the eyes, but a FW dip usually knocks them off and a day or so later the eyes return to normal (but of course, the flukes will come back if you don't treat the whole tank).

This could be excess mucus as a reaction to the copper treatment (but that is rare in my opinion). I just posted an article here on "fish mucus", you might want to give that a read....

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