Is this a growth?

[Gator2019]

I noticed this whiteness on my Mandrin a few days ago and I finally got a good picture. What is this?

 

[Oceanwave45]

By any chance did you upload the picture?

 

[Humblefish]

Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.

 

[Gator2019]

Did you notice this first thing in the morning or while the lights were off? It might have just been him secreting his mucous coat for protection at night.

I thought the pictures posts. Whoops. Is that what the mucus looks like? It is about 4 hours or so after the light came on.

 

[Humblefish]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills? :eek:

 

[Gator2019]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills? :eek:

I can’t tell where it is coming out of... he’s always hidden

 

[Gator2019]

@Gator2019 That looks to be something different. Is it sticking out of his gills? :eek:

Sometimes the sand gets clumpy and sticks to the back of snails and looks like that, but I don’t know if it is clumpy sand or a growth of some kind.

 

[Humblefish]

Sometimes the sand gets clumpy and sticks to the back of snails and looks like that, but I don’t know if it is clumpy sand or a growth of some kind.

That looks like a growth, possibly bacterial: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/

But I cannot 100% rule out Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

 

[Gator2019]

That looks like a growth, possibly bacterial: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/

But I cannot 100% rule out Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

I always thought that Mandrin were unable to get infections. But good read! I will see if I can catch him possibly and see if I can get it to go away.

 

[Humblefish]

I always thought that Mandrin were unable to get infections. But good read! I will see if I can catch him possibly and see if I can get it to go away.

Mandarins are more disease resistant, but it is not impossible for them to get parasites, worms, infections, etc.