white bump on clown's face?

[wmuwally]

That is the exact spot my brothers clown began to grow whatever that thing is.

 

[organism]

water readings are
ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 10ish
I'm doing water changes every other day since it's a nano with no live rock in it, and they're getting fed flake food dripped with garlic extract, cyclopeeze every other dayish...
I'm preemptively doing hyposalinity since the lighter clown is showing white spots near the tail and on one fin that don't look too much like lymph, and the temp is a near constant 78-80 degrees
thanks to everyone for your help in here, it's much appreciated
so, if lymph doesn't spread to other fish, how did they contract it in the first place?

 

[beth]

White spots on the tail could be more of the same thing. Look at the picture of the butterfly fish with lymph in the Diseased Fish Thread. Diet needs to be improved with the addition of a variety of frozen foods. Add zoecon to the feed.
Are you planning on adding LR?

 

[organism]

since it's the hospital tank I wasn't planning on adding live rock, I'm just gonna cycle out another nano and put it together real quick for them to live in, as opposed to that hospital tank. I'll start feeding a frozen food diet with zoecon immediately though, hopefully they'll get better... there is rock rubble in the back of the nano, as opposed to the bioballs, just for better filtration and all, really packed it in there. I know you're not supposed to for a hospital tank but oh well, my fishies have gotta be happy...
I'll definitely keep this one updated as far as how they progress, hopefully they get past it

 

[beth]

What about the other spots. Can you post a picture of that?

 

[organism]

here's the spot on the fin, all the way on the right, on the clear filament around the fin

 

[organism]

spot on tail

 

[beth]

organism, can take a macro shot so I can see some details?

 

[organism]

I'll give it a shot, gotta figure out camera settings, and how to get them to hold still long enough... somehow, saying "strike a pose" doesn't get through to them
thanks for your help so far, much appreciated, hopefully it's just lymph and not lymph and ick

 

[beth]

For a digital camera, there should be a "macro" mode. Try checking your camera instructions.

 

[organism]

oh, it's not that, I had to figure out the macro lens, it's not one of those el cheapo cameras...
but ok, these are the best I could get so far, back hurts from leaning over so much

 

[organism]

the tail spots on the same clown...

 

[organism]

bump on the first clown's face, it kinda fell off or whittled away during the past few days

 

[organism]

k, adding some more, messed around with some settings...
here's the tail spots a little clearer, they go like in a line

 

[organism]

and again...

 

[organism]

and the face...

 

[organism]

wish they were clearer, but it's hard to get these little dudes to hold still :joy:

 

[beth]

I think it is Lymphocyctis. Do they seem to be ok, otherwise?

 

[organism]

so it's definitely not ich or contagious, or is that still a maybe?...
the spreading spots on the tail kinda confuse me
otherwise they're ok and happy, albeit unentertained in a nano, I'd like to put them back in the main 125 if they're not contagious, they looked so happy in there, roaming around...
thanks for all your help beth, much appreciated

 

[beth]

Those pictures are just very fuzzy and hard to actually see clearly. Can you leave them in the QT for 5 more days, and then lets assess it?
What are they eating and are you using zoecon?