Such a good looking fish. Hope it pulls through.
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Not updating? I just updated! As for epsom, @Randy Holmes-Farley has stated before that it’s ineffective in saltwater fish. It’s a freshwater fish treatment. Epsom is magnesium sulfate which is already a major constituent part of saltwater.I hope your not updating is not a bad sign. I have used Epsom salt to help with swelling in the eyes before.
I’m also hoping it’s just the healing process. It is staying upright (perhaps a slight tilt which I was attributing to trying to see out of a good spot of the eye), and is swimming a bit. It’s not cruising, but it does move around the tank a bit, and spends some time high up, some time down low.I know it looks worse, but maybe just maybe it looks like that from the healing process.
That's what I'm hoping for.
Is he staying upright and swimming much?
Not updating? I just updated! As for epsom, @Randy Holmes-Farley has stated before that it’s ineffective in saltwater fish. It’s a freshwater fish treatment. Epsom is magnesium sulfate which is already a major constituent part of saltwater.
Quick update: the regal is swimming better, and the cloudiness doesn’t look as bad as it did in the last photo. The really ugly scab seems to have fallen off, and I can actually see its pupils again. The lymphocystis is still just as bad though.
Quick question, @Jay Hemdal if I may. If the lymphocystis hasn’t resolved by the time my fallow period ends, is it safe to introduce the regal? Would that risk transmission to other fish? Or is the virus like varicella zoster in humans where most of us contract and recover from the chicken pox, but it lays dormant until our immune response is compromised by age/stress, allowing it to re-emerge as shingles? To clarify, is this something most to all fish have anyway?
Edit: Answered my own question through research. Posting this here in case anyone searches lymphocystis and comes across this thread.
“Affected fish should be isolated and monitored for secondary bacterial or mycotic infections that should be treated with appropriate drugs. Lesions associated with lymphocystis eventually regress. In some individuals, tumorous lesions may require surgical debulking, particularly when they interfere with prehension.
Fish should remain quarantined for at least 1 month after recovery. It is unknown whether previous infection with lymphocystivirus is protective against reinfection; however, recrudescence of viral infection has been reported in stressed fishes. Therefore, stress and skin trauma should be minimized. In addition, decreased stocking density and water temperatures may aid in disease suppression by decreasing stress.”
Angelfish (marine) | Pomacanthidae | ++ |
Blennies | Blenniidae | + |
Boxfish | Ostraciidae | ++ |
Butterflyfish | Chaetodontidae | ++ |
Damselfish, clownfish | Pomacentridae | + |
Dottybacks | Pseudochromidae | + |
Gobies | Gobiidae | + |
Groupers | Serranidae | + |
Hamlets | Hypoplectrus spp. | +++ |
Moorish idol | Zanclidae | ++ |
Porcupine fish | Diodontidae | + |
Rabbitfish | Siganidae | + |
Royal gramma | Serranidae | +++ |
Scorpionfish, lionfish | Scorpaeniformes | + |
Tangs, surgeonfish | Acanthuridae | + |
Triggerfish | Balistidae | ++ |
Wrasses | Labridae | ++ |
That is fairly accurate. I'm guessing it was written by Humbelfish? I have never heard the word "prehension" used on a fish web site before (grin).
I can try to get a better one for you. I’ll PM it to you when I do.Wow - that is the worst case of Lympho I've seen in many years. Do you have a higher-res photo? I'd love to include it in my disease book!
At least the fish's mouth is affected!
Jay
Haha! Sorry to hear that it lost its eye, but I’m glad it survived. Something tells me it wouldn’t appreciate having googly eyes, either.It's amazing that your fish still has eyes. This spring, one of my chromis that I have had for 8 years developed a cloudy swollen eye. It got bigger and bigger then popped. The eye eventually disappeared leaving just the eye socket. The fish is completely healed now.. It is completely fine.
I was thinking about supper gluing a fake googly eye over the socket.. but she probably wouldn't like it.