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welt/ bump on yellow tang

post #1 of 5
12/12/11 at 4:18pm
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my yellow tang has a bump?welt on its dorsel fin. what is it? and is it bad? I just bought the tang yesterday.

 

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post #2 of 5
12/12/11 at 5:07pm

Was it there when you bought him?

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post #3 of 5
12/12/11 at 5:22pm
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I couldn't really tell because of the lighting

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post #4 of 5
12/12/11 at 7:47pm

Tank specifics would be nice, just to make sure that everything is in place.

By tank specifics, I mean:

-Size of Tank

-Other inhabitants

-Water Parameters (Temp, Salinity, NO3, NO2, ammonia, etc. etc.)

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post #5 of 5
12/13/11 at 8:04am

That looks like lymphocyctis to me.  Can you get a close up shot of the tang?

 

http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/a/lymphocystis

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