Ick or lymphocystis!?!

[Thomas Wieczorek]

I have a CCB fairly new, I purchased him for some aptaisa control. I noticed a white spot on his tail fin. I'm really hoping it's not ick! I have tangs and none of them have any white spot so that's what makes me believe this is possibly lymphocystis. I have a purple tang. Naso tang. Mimic tang. NO white spots. It's just this one spot on the CCB. What do you guys think??

 

[moz71]

Very typical lympho. I fave a fish in QT on exact same spot. Lol. Just keep watching just In Case but would expect Lymphocystis until other symptoms arise. Good luck

 

[Zack K]

+1 on Lymphocystis

 

[Wolf89]

Copperband are notorious for lympho

 

[Thomas Wieczorek]

Should I be worried about this spreading to other fish? I looked up possible treatments and they say just keep the water good and give vitamins. Something I already do.

 

[Tahoe61]

An UV cleared up my Angels lymph in 2 days. Just a thought.

 

[Wolf89]

Should I be worried about this spreading to other fish? I looked up possible treatments and they say just keep the water good and give vitamins. Something I already do.

Not infectious

 

[jaghorireefs&mma]

Not ick its lympho my cooperband had it on its first week in the tank I would recommend herbtana and keeping your lights very intense also keep doing the things that your doing it should be better in 2-4 days

 

[Thomas Wieczorek]

An UV cleared up my Angels lymph in 2 days. Just a thought.

I'm actually running a u.v...a coral life turbo twist 36w on a 120g display 40 breeder sump

 

[Big G]

Should I be worried about this spreading to other fish? I looked up possible treatments and they say just keep the water good and give vitamins. Something I already do.

Here's some good reading on Beta Glucan. It can help with Lympho and other conditions/disease/parasites to boost your fish's immune system:

Feature Article: Beta Glucan As A Biological Defense Modulator: Helping Fish To Help Themselves

Wouldn’t it be great if there were one thing that we could give any sick fish that could help it? Aquarists dream of a “magic bullet” that could be used as a treatment for a plethora of problems.

www.advancedaquarist.com

 

[Thomas Wieczorek]

Here's some good reading on Beta Glucan. It can help with Lympho and other conditions/disease/parasites to boost your fish's immune system:

Feature Article: Beta Glucan As A Biological Defense Modulator: Helping Fish To Help Themselves

Wouldn’t it be great if there were one thing that we could give any sick fish that could help it? Aquarists dream of a “magic bullet” that could be used as a treatment for a plethora of problems.

www.advancedaquarist.com

This was a good read. I'm gonna pick up a bottle of this beta b-1,3 glucan. Has anyone tried doseing this to their fish??

 

[Thomas Wieczorek]

UPDATE** so I went and purchased the beta glucan b - 1,3 I mixed 1 of the capsules contents into my fish frenzy frozen food and the lympho has decreased in size Exponentially!!! Thank you so much for the information on this thread and anyone else I would highly recommend getting beta b-1,3 for your fish.

 

[Big G]

Awesome. Such a beautiful fish. Well done :)