Blue Hippo Tang Lymphocystis?

[randotron]

Hello, I have had a juvenile blue hippo tang in my display for 3-4 weeks now and it has been healthy and eating a variety of foods. It hasn’t shown any signs of disease, parasites, etc.

However, I recently introduced a new fish and a couple snails to the tank and it started to develop spots on its body. It’s still eating fine, no flashing, etc. but in the past I’ve had a clown in a different tank with ich that appeared completely fine (aside from ich spots) and the next day, it was dead.

I wanted to get some thoughts/opinions on whether I may be correct in identifying this as Lymphocystis even though it’s on the body or if it’s something I haven’t considered. I’ve had/seen ich on fish in the past and this looks drastically different. Larger and fewer bumps. Only on one side of the fish (for now at least). I’ve gone through images of a good chunk of things and this seems to be the best fit visually

Here is a photo (and it cropped) I managed to grab; hoping the quality comes through to help identify.

Thanks for any input!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I have had a juvenile blue hippo tang in my display for 3-4 weeks now and it has been healthy and eating a variety of foods. It hasn’t shown any signs of disease, parasites, etc.

However, I recently introduced a new fish and a couple snails to the tank and it started to develop spots on its body. It’s still eating fine, no flashing, etc. but in the past I’ve had a clown in a different tank with ich that appeared completely fine (aside from ich spots) and the next day, it was dead.

I wanted to get some thoughts/opinions on whether I may be correct in identifying this as Lymphocystis even though it’s on the body or if it’s something I haven’t considered. I’ve had/seen ich on fish in the past and this looks drastically different. Larger and fewer bumps. Only on one side of the fish (for now at least). I’ve gone through images of a good chunk of things and this seems to be the best fit visually

Here is a photo (and it cropped) I managed to grab; hoping the quality comes through to help identify.

Thanks for any input!

These fish are susceptible to skin irritations as shown on this fish and often end up with mucus cones but in this case looks to be bacterial. I suggest treating fish in a separate tank with Seachem Neoplex for at least five days and reassess the fish for which it should have cleared or close to by then

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello, I have had a juvenile blue hippo tang in my display for 3-4 weeks now and it has been healthy and eating a variety of foods. It hasn’t shown any signs of disease, parasites, etc.

However, I recently introduced a new fish and a couple snails to the tank and it started to develop spots on its body. It’s still eating fine, no flashing, etc. but in the past I’ve had a clown in a different tank with ich that appeared completely fine (aside from ich spots) and the next day, it was dead.

I wanted to get some thoughts/opinions on whether I may be correct in identifying this as Lymphocystis even though it’s on the body or if it’s something I haven’t considered. I’ve had/seen ich on fish in the past and this looks drastically different. Larger and fewer bumps. Only on one side of the fish (for now at least). I’ve gone through images of a good chunk of things and this seems to be the best fit visually

Here is a photo (and it cropped) I managed to grab; hoping the quality comes through to help identify.

Thanks for any input!

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Visually, those lesions DO look like Lymphocystis, but the location is odd - Lymphocystis is usually seen on the edges of the fins, or where the fins touch the fish's body. These could be mucus plugs.