White splotch on Carpenters Wrasse

[LukeReef]

Carpenters wrasse developed white spot this morning, is less active than usual but did eat. Can anybody help me identify what this is?

 

[LukeReef]

 

[Uncle99]

Someone bite him?

 

[LukeReef]

Someone bite him?

I haven’t noticed any fighting, he’s in there with a possum wrasse and black Molly

 

[Uncle99]

I haven’t noticed any fighting, he’s in there with a possum wrasse and black Molly

Not once was I ever a witness to a hit.
Not the possum, and shouldn’t be the Molly, but, strange things happen.
If it is a nip, it should diminish

 

[NCsalt]

How big is the Possum? A big mature one can lay the smack down. Mine was very aggressive in a 40B. Wrasses can develop a bacterial infection even after extended quarantine. Kanaplex/Metroplex if its not aggression.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Carpenters wrasse developed white spot this morning, is less active than usual but did eat. Can anybody help me identify what this is?

This looks to be mechanical injury and not a bite and fish is very thin. I would consider a tank divider or separation allowing it to heal using Seachem Neoplex

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

See how the lesion is angled? That’s a hallmark of an internal Uronema infection. It is fairly common in newly imported wrasses, anthias and green chromis. It isn’t treatable ( despite what you might read) but it also isn’t contagious.

If this lesion turns red and breaks through the skin, that would confirm the diagnosis.

Here is an article I wrote on this disease:
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/uronema-red-band-disease-hemdal.788/