White thing

[Dustin1]

I was watching my clown fish yesterday and i noticed a white little lump that is on his first white stripe closest to his head.
It looks like a bug or something. Does anyone have any idea what this may be?

 

[ronj]

can you get a pic? how big is this lump?

 

[Dustin1]

ya i will post one in a minute

 

[Dustin1]

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Brian/My%20Documents/Picasa%20HTML%20Exports/Fish/target0.html

 

[Dustin1]

wrong thing that will not show i dont think

 

[Dustin1]

It is on the first white stripe closest to the eye in front of the fin.

 

[Dustin1]

anyone have any ideas?

 

[Sherman]

I really hope I'm wrong, but that sure looks like it could be brooklyenella. I've never had to deal with it before, but it's worth looking into.

 

[BCT182]

Very important to do something quick if its brooklyenella as sherman mentioned. That stuff will wipe out clowns in a couple days.

Can you tell if its cotton like? Or more like a swollen pimple?

 

[Dustin1]

it is cotton like

 

[Dustin1]

i read everything i could find and i found that in some cases that it turns the whole part of the clown whit but this is the only spot

 

[Dustin1]

and he is not acting sick either

 

[NaH2O]

*moved to Lee's forum

 

[vaporize]

Does not look like brook.

If it is more cotton ball like, it is most like Lymphocystis (white cotton disease). It is caused by virus and does not have any direct cure. It is usually caused by environmental stress (aggression, new environment, malnutrition). Focus on giving the fish better environment and keep on a good diet, it will go away on its own.

It is rarely fatal.

 

[dailydriven911]

I noticed this on one of my clowns within a day or two of intoducing it into my tank. It was flake like and was gone the next day. :?:

 

[vaporize]

yes, it can be gone that fast. In fact, you can manually remove it but unless you using the proper cleaning, the wound might be subject to bacterial infection, so it's best to let it go on its own.

 

[dailydriven911]

Great I was a bit worried there for awhile...

 

[Dustin1]

ya thankfully it went away by it self