So, one of my damselfish has picked up some sort of infection. I've never seen anything quite like it before. Her lips are white and swollen (she looks like she has Jagger lips) and she has white raised fuzzy(ish) white patches on her scales and on her fin. At one point, whatever it is broke through the skin of one of the patches and she was left with a red dot (like what you'd look like if you picked at a zit). It has since healed.
On the other hand, the fish is otherwise displaying normal behaviour. She's not shying away, she's swimming around the tank just fine and she's eating normally despite what looks like another zit-like patch inside her mouth. Thus far, I haven't noticed it on any of the other fish (thankfully) but whatever it is, I'm sure it could easily be passed along.
I have corals, so dosing the tank isn't an option. She's too quick to net and just darts into the rocks when I try. I have too many hiding places for her and the last thing I want to do is stress out the other fish so their immune systems go downhill.
Since she's feeding, I've mixed metroplex in with her food and am very carefully feeding the tank, but I can't put that much in since it can't fall on my corals.
I'm crossing my fingers that they are getting enough medication to help, or that this is virus-related and will go away.
Has anyone else come across mick jagger lips and fuzzy(ish) white raised bumps that burst??
On the other hand, the fish is otherwise displaying normal behaviour. She's not shying away, she's swimming around the tank just fine and she's eating normally despite what looks like another zit-like patch inside her mouth. Thus far, I haven't noticed it on any of the other fish (thankfully) but whatever it is, I'm sure it could easily be passed along.
I have corals, so dosing the tank isn't an option. She's too quick to net and just darts into the rocks when I try. I have too many hiding places for her and the last thing I want to do is stress out the other fish so their immune systems go downhill.
Since she's feeding, I've mixed metroplex in with her food and am very carefully feeding the tank, but I can't put that much in since it can't fall on my corals.
I'm crossing my fingers that they are getting enough medication to help, or that this is virus-related and will go away.
Has anyone else come across mick jagger lips and fuzzy(ish) white raised bumps that burst??