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The spikey looking things? Circled in red.Appears to be head erosion in which the symptoms are pitting on the head and deterioration of skin and scales along the lateral line. It is commonly seen when in copper treatment or in an environment with high Nitrates. While it is possible to reverse HLLE, it's a slow process and can take months. The best practice is to prevent it from happening with proper tank maintenance.
other causes are: Poor nutrition, internal parasites or stray voltage. Providing proper environment and nutrition for the type of fish you are trying to keep should not be ignored. Enhance the food provided with selcon vitamins, or garlic extract which in some cases it may shorten the recovery time.
Feed:
Nori seaweed basted with garlic
LRS Herbivore Diet
Formula 2 flake and frozen
mysis shrimp
Spirulina brine shrimp
Looks like your copper isn't working to me. How are you testing? I would think that if these were just bite marks they would have subsided some time ago.The spikey looking things? Circled in red.
It’s raised off his skin like little spikes.
They aren’t bite marks, they are raised like little spikes. The other white dots in the pic isn’t on him, just particles in the water.Looks like your copper isn't working to me. How are you testing? I would think that if these were just bite marks they would have subsided some time ago.
I’ll try that tomorrow. Thanks for the input. I couldn’t find any pics to match this to compare it to.I just looked at this on larger screen. What it may be as ive seen in the past is mucus being extruded from the pores in the fish’s skin. A freshwater dip may or may not help with this
I found another thread showing it exactly. Mucus plug/cone. Thanks a ton! It looks like some tangs get it in a reaction to copper.I just looked at this on larger screen. What it may be as ive seen in the past is mucus being extruded from the pores in the fish’s skin. A freshwater dip may or may not help with this
According to Jay, there's no connection between HLLE and voltage.Appears to be head erosion in which the symptoms are pitting on the head and deterioration of skin and scales along the lateral line. It is commonly seen when in copper treatment or in an environment with high Nitrates. While it is possible to reverse HLLE, it's a slow process and can take months. The best practice is to prevent it from happening with proper tank maintenance.
other causes are: Poor nutrition, internal parasites or stray voltage. Providing proper environment and nutrition for the type of fish you are trying to keep should not be ignored. Enhance the food provided with selcon vitamins, or garlic extract which in some cases it may shorten the recovery time.
Feed:
Nori seaweed basted with garlic
LRS Herbivore Diet
Formula 2 flake and frozen
mysis shrimp
Spirulina brine shrimp
With erosion, it’s one possibility. I listed possibilities, not the actual causeAccording to Jay, there's no connection between HLLE and voltage.
I've never scraped a fish before, what do you use? A knife? And its on the underside of his belly mainly and some on the body but mainly on the belly area.I've seen similar spikes/cones on tangs seemingly following copper treatments (and other stressors as well). I'm not sure what the cause is. It sometimes goes away on its own. I talk a bit about it in this article:
Mucus - The Slime That Binds
Mucus: The Slime that Binds Jay Hemdal C. 2020 This article examines the various causes of excess mucus coatings on fish, as well as fecal mucus issues. ------------------- The mucus produced by the fish’s epidermal cells gives them their...www.reef2reef.com
The key here is to figure out what the spots are. What I do (and you may not be able to) is capture the fish up and gently scrape some of the spots onto a slide and look at them under a microscope - then I can see if it is mucus versus flukes versus protozoans.
Jay
It takes a gentle hand to do this, not sure I can describe how in a note like this. I use a tiny scalpel and just hold the fish and try to remove one or two of the spots. Looking at that under a microscope then tells you if it is just mucus, a protozoan or a fluke.I've never scraped a fish before, what do you use? A knife? And its on the underside of his belly mainly and some on the body but mainly on the belly area.
Alternatively if you didn't feel up to it or don't have a scope you could do a FW dip to rule out flukes. I sure would've guessed Ich on this one but I'll defer to your experience.It takes a gentle hand to do this, not sure I can describe how in a note like this. I use a tiny scalpel and just hold the fish and try to remove one or two of the spots. Looking at that under a microscope then tells you if it is just mucus, a protozoan or a fluke.
Jay
This is not ich and its hard to capture in a pic cause the fish is always moving. It protrudes out like spikes/cones. I’ll simply do a freshwater dip to be sure its not flukes but I’ve seen flukes before and it doesn’t look anywhere like this. I’m too worried I would injure the fish trying to scalp one off.Alternatively if you didn't feel up to it or don't have a scope you could do a FW dip to rule out flukes. I sure would've guessed Ich on this one but I'll respect your experience.
Yeah I tend to agree it doesn't look like flukes. It would rule it out for you but you could also continue to monitor.This is not ich and its hard to capture in a pic cause the fish is always moving. It protrudes out like spikes/cones. I’ll simply do a freshwater dip to be sure its not flukes but I’ve seen flukes before and it doesn’t look anywhere like this. I’m too worried I would injure the fish trying to scalp one off.