Need help identifying disease asap please
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A few weeks ago I noticed his color had faded and he had this small white spot, a few days later he was looking better, his colors were back but the white spot was still there, I just noticed that it is much larger, it bumps out a tiny bit but it's hard to really get a good look, he's typically hiding or facing the opposite way when I try to look at it. I'll post a couple other pictures I took, but they might not be much better, I was trying to get a pict with my cellphone and the fish keeps moving around.
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it almost looks like the white is stuck to him and not part of him. The fish store thought that maybe he has an abrasion that became a bacterial infection.
I just went back and looked at him again, from the front view while he was eating, it looks like this stuff is on him, like you could scrape it off almost..that sounds gross.
I just went back and looked at him again, from the front view while he was eating, it looks like this stuff is on him, like you could scrape it off almost..that sounds gross.
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I was thinking lympyhocystis when I saw the picture. Take a look at this info:
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/index.php?threads/diseased-fish-pictures.127010/#post-915073
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/index.php?threads/diseased-fish-pictures.127010/#post-915073
I was wondering that when I was searching for fish illnesses. I'm not 100% if it looks the same, but sounds similar, it's hard to say...we need fish doctors to diagnose our fish 
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It sounds like I shouldn't throw him in a quarantine tank because I don't have an established one, so i'm glad I didn't already do this. Do you know how to add fresh garlic to a tank? or their food? The article says to use it but doesn't say how.
. It sounds like I shouldn't throw him in a quarantine tank because I don't have an established one, so i'm glad I didn't already do this. Do you know how to add fresh garlic to a tank? or their food? The article says to use it but doesn't say how.
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Hi,
I used to add garlic to the food, it just helps build their immune system to be able to fight disease. Get a garlic clove and squish it up real good... a little juice will be on the plate, I take frozen food and wallow it in the juice, then feed it to the fish...no solid pieces of garlic, just use the juice. Fresh juice is better then the store bought stuff, but you can purchase chopped garlic and just use the juice from the jar. The stuff they sell in the fish store is garbage in comparison.
I used to add garlic to the food, it just helps build their immune system to be able to fight disease. Get a garlic clove and squish it up real good... a little juice will be on the plate, I take frozen food and wallow it in the juice, then feed it to the fish...no solid pieces of garlic, just use the juice. Fresh juice is better then the store bought stuff, but you can purchase chopped garlic and just use the juice from the jar. The stuff they sell in the fish store is garbage in comparison.
If it is not fresh and used within a few mins of chopping it, garlic looses the allicin naturally within the plant due to this compound diminished rapidly once the bulb is opened up. Allicin is a natural antibiotic/antifungal. It is this property that you wish to expose your sick fish to. So, crush rapidly allowing your fish food (not dried or flaked food but fresh or frozen) to soak it up and quickly feed to your fish.