Lymph or ich?

[ItsMeMako]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

 

[ItsMeMako]

Also no loss of appetite or signs of distress.

 

[Mickle]

Looks like Lympho to me

 

[winxp_man]

Same lighting, if possible, but pictures that are more clear. This might not Lympho if you’re referring to the white spots on the tail. Lympho sets it on the edges of fins. Another name used is cauliflower disease. And it tends to be more randomized.

This might be ich, but need better (clear) pics if possible.

Hard to tell what are spots on the glass or fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

This is lymphocystis which they are susceptible to and is viral, not parasitic and will go away on its own. Lympho is a condition and not disease which is viral. Often its associated with water quality issue as simple as elevated ammonia or nitrate and can be that of water from LFS and not yours. Assure to provide Good water quality monitored by a reliable test kit and feed nutritious food with fats such as LRS fish or Herbivore frenzy, plankton, krill and mysis shrimp.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

Lymphocytis most often is seen on the trailing edges of the fins, I don’t see that here.

Ich spots tend to come and go every day or two, while generally increasing in numbers. While commonly seen on the fins, the spots are more random, not clustered like this.

Did you catch this yourself? Broken fin rays can look like this, but usually not so many. If you caught this locally, I wonder if these are microsporidians, from the fish being stressed from being in a marginal habitat?

 

[ItsMeMako]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

Lymphocytis most often is seen on the trailing edges of the fins, I don’t see that here.

Ich spots tend to come and go every day or two, while generally increasing in numbers. While commonly seen on the fins, the spots are more random, not clustered like this.

Did you catch this yourself? Broken fin rays can look like this, but usually not so many. If you caught this locally, I wonder if these are microsporidians, from the fish being stressed from being in a marginal habitat?

Yes, caught locally only 3 days ago.

 

[ItsMeMako]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

This is lymphocystis which they are susceptible to and is viral, not parasitic and will go away on its own. Lympho is a condition and not disease which is viral. Often its associated with water quality issue as simple as elevated ammonia or nitrate and can be that of water from LFS and not yours. Assure to provide Good water quality monitored by a reliable test kit and feed nutritious food with fats such as LRS fish or Herbivore frenzy, plankton, krill and mysis shrimp.

Could it be flukes as well?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Could it be flukes as well?

fLUKES EVEN THE NEOBENDENDIA TYPE NOT VISIBLE. i RULE OUT FLUKES AS THERE WOULD BE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS SCRATCHING, HEAD SHAKING AS EXAMPLES

 

[MnFish1]

There are also multiple glass precipitates. Can you take a good picture of the fish?

 

[ItsMeMako]

There are also multiple glass precipitates. Can you take a good picture of the fish?

Updated image, some have disappeared, and a couple showed up on the right pectoral fin.

 

[ItsMeMako]

 

[ItsMeMako]

Same lighting, if possible, but pictures that are more clear. This might not Lympho if you’re referring to the white spots on the tail. Lympho sets it on the edges of fins. Another name used is cauliflower disease. And it tends to be more randomized.

This might be ich, but need better (clear) pics if possible.

Hard to tell what are spots on the glass or fish.

Posted 2 if you could take a look.

 

[ItsMeMako]

Lymphocytis most often is seen on the trailing edges of the fins, I don’t see that here.

Ich spots tend to come and go every day or two, while generally increasing in numbers. While commonly seen on the fins, the spots are more random, not clustered like this.

Did you catch this yourself? Broken fin rays can look like this, but usually not so many. If you caught this locally, I wonder if these are microsporidians, from the fish being stressed from being in a marginal habitat?

Thanks for all the info. Can you please take a look at the updated pics? The fish is still acting normally, but liking shaded spots.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks for all the info. Can you please take a look at the updated pics? The fish is still acting normally, but liking shaded spots.

Well, the lesions are too stable and linear to be ich. I think they are microsporidian lesions, like glugea, but small. I used to see these on wild fish from South America. We called it “hard ich” because ich treatments didn’t work on it. The fish didn’t die from it though. I’ve never seen this on a marine fish though.

 

[ItsMeMako]

Thanks for all the info. Can you please take a look at the updated pics? The fish is still acting normally, but liking shaded spots.

Well, the lesions are too stable and linear to be ich. I think they are microsporidian lesions, like glugea, but small. I used to see these on wild fish from South America. We called it “hard ich” because ich treatments didn’t work on it. The fish didn’t die from it though. I’ve never seen this on a marine fish though.

Could they be lesions from flukes as I mentioned before?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Could they be lesions from flukes as I mentioned before?

Nope - monogenetic trematodes/flukes don't create nodules like that. They could be digeneans, but since those have a life cycle involving multiple hosts, they don't reproduce in aquariums.

 

[larrysaltisfun]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

@vetteguy53081
@Jay Hemdal

Looks like lymphocystis I think it’s too big to be ich but the fish medics will confirm. if it is lymphocystis it’s self limited. and will resolve. It doesn’t require treatment just excellent water conditions.

 

[larrysaltisfun]

Only located on tail fin, they have stayed consistent for a couple days

@vetteguy53081
@Jay Hemdal

Looks like lymphocystis I think it’s too big to be ich but the fish medics will confirm. if it is lymphocystis it’s self limited. and will resolve. It doesn’t require treatment just excellent water conditions.

Sorry, I thought that was an initial post. Didn’t mean to give misinformation..