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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Ick or what
Message-ID: <3832@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 5 May 88 05:28:28 GMT
References: <3049@alvin.mcnc.org> <11933@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
Lines: 54
Keywords: white spots/Butterfly
Summary: what

In article <11933@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> jason@lanai.UUCP (Jason Rosenberg) writes:
>In article <3049@alvin.mcnc.org> bing@mcnc.org (Carter E. Bing) writes:
>>
>>         Greetings,  
>>           I just added a Long Nose Butterfly fish to my salt tank.
>>It seemed to be doing okay until yesterday. I noticed small white 
>>spots (just three of them so far) on his tail. I started treating
>>the tank with QuiK Cure. Is this the correct thing to use or should
>>I try something else?
>
>Sounds to me like you have a case of lymphosystis.  It is a fungus that is

Lymphocystis is a viral disorder which can leave fish prone to secondary
fungal or bacterial infection.

Whatever your fish has, it's serious. Get a book on diseases of marine
fish, FAST!

Basically:

It they are white spots, about the size of pinheads, white, not
changing shape, it sounds like ick or something ick-like.

Treat with copper in a hospital tank.

If it looks like white growths that are increasing in size, it might
be lymphiocystis. I only had it once, on some scats ina brackish tank
and i read there was no known cure and the fish read the same book
because the ungrateful bastards died. If Jason says it can be cured
by real clen water, i assume he's done this or knows somebody who has;
it's got to be worth a try.

Parasites are not usually white spots.

>>          I also seem to be having problems finding a healthy clown
>>fish. I have purchased 3 so far, they all do fine for two weeks
>>and then they start having a white string-like growth. They rub up
>>against anything in the tank and then die. Has anyone experienced 
>>this problem and what did you do to solve it?
>>                         Thanks,
>>                            Carter
>>
>
>Clown fish are not that hard to take care of.  Sounds like something is either
>wrong in your system, or the store where you get them is a faulty source.  

Sounds like a fungal infection. Overcrowded ? Are you you putting
new charges in quarentine ?



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