Banded pipefish - disease ID

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Hello,

I need help identifying what is wrong with my banded pipefish. It’s still in quarantine and feeding well I’ve had him for 3 weeks now. It looks to me like ulcers but I’m not sure… has anyone else experienced something like this? If so what did you treat it?
Thank you!

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This looks like vibriosis which affects this group and is often treatable with neomycin (seachem neoplex)
 
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Hello,

I need help identifying what is wrong with my banded pipefish. It’s still in quarantine and feeding well I’ve had him for 3 weeks now. It looks to me like ulcers but I’m not sure… has anyone else experienced something like this? If so what did you treat it?
Thank you!

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

It does look like a bacterial infection.

Just checking - is it alone in the QT or are there other fish in with it?
 

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