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Hi,

Does anyone have any idea what a couple of my fish have? I’ve noticed these oblong almost white/tan spots on several fish. The closest photo I could find depicted Lateral Line Disease. Including the pictures of the fish that have it, I could get decent photos of: D1D1B6FB-4D78-4A56-9203-1158E3A86AD6.jpeg 0E999425-D112-477C-9FE4-BDADC516D97E.jpeg 659FC7AD-5072-4591-A61A-66A360E1C322.jpeg
 

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Looks like some sort of bacterial infection. It's def not lateral line disease and unlikely an anemone sting if the clownfish has it.
 
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No anemones.

The fish get fed a mix of brine, mysis, rotifers, calanus, benepets coral food, and reef jerky by Avast.

The fish that have the spots appear to be healthy otherwise and continue to have an appetite.
 

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check here ^^^
 

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It's shaped kinda like a monogenean (flukes), but too large for the species we typically deal with. Could you catch one of the fish to give it a 5 minute freshwater dip to see if those things will detach?

 
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Hi All,
Thank you for the responses. I think I could at least catch the clownfish and give her a freshwater bath. At this time, all of the infected fish seem to behaving normally and still voraciously eating. If that’s the case, would the stress of catching and a freshwater bath be appropriate?
 

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Hi All,
Thank you for the responses. I think I could at least catch the clownfish and give her a freshwater bath. At this time, all of the infected fish seem to behaving normally and still voraciously eating. If that’s the case, would the stress of catching and a freshwater bath be appropriate?
The only reason I think he's recommending the fresh water dip is to see if that is a fluke on the fish. If it is...it will fall off and you will know what it is. If it doesn't fall off, it's not a fluke. Process of elimination.
 

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The only reason I think he's recommending the fresh water dip is to see if that is a fluke on the fish. If it is...it will fall off and you will know what it is. If it doesn't fall off, it's not a fluke. Process of elimination.
Exactly. If the things drop off, they are worms and most likely can be treated by dosing the DT with Prazipro. However, if a freshwater dip has no impact on them then most likely we are looking at fungus or some kind of weird bacterial disease. Unfortunately, there is no reef safe treatment for either of those. Maybe peroxide dosing might work?
 
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Hi All,

As I was finishing preparations for the clownfish’s freshwater bath, I noticed that the fishes with the spot(s) in question no longer had any visible signs that they were there. Both the clownfish and flame angel’s spots were gone as of yesterday evening and remain gone as of today. Pictures included as I didn’t believe it myself. 2F89E900-9CB2-4148-B0DA-02183DD01597.png 077531EC-91C6-45E5-9EBA-B46749AAABE2.png
 
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