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llandegfedd
08/04/2013, 02:49 PM
Any ideas folks?

This Pbrown has been in QT for about 3 weeks now. I thought she had flukes, so I RO dipped, no real change.

As practise in our fish QT and HT we use Chloroquine phosphate as a treatment method. The Pbrown has been in there for 2 weeks now (awaiting a further week). This should have killed whatever it was if it were a worm I'd have thought.

I netted the fish to see if some slight abrasion through netting would dislodge incase it were only a bit of un-living foreign object. This removed most of the 'thing' but some still remains.

Apologies for the extra noise in the photos, hope this doesn't affect the possibility of an ID, however I had to up the ISO to account for the darkness necessary in a Chloroquine treatment.
The last photo I have edited to accentuate the body of this foreign object so you can see the shape better.

http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p587/llandegfedd/fish%20healths/DSC02450_zpse82670df.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/llandegfedd/media/fish%20healths/DSC02450_zpse82670df.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p587/llandegfedd/fish%20healths/DSC02447_zps0ecb8d6d.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/llandegfedd/media/fish%20healths/DSC02447_zps0ecb8d6d.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p587/llandegfedd/fish%20healths/DSC02446_zpsf3643237.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/llandegfedd/media/fish%20healths/DSC02446_zpsf3643237.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p587/llandegfedd/fish%20healths/DSC02443_zps8d965440.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/llandegfedd/media/fish%20healths/DSC02443_zps8d965440.jpg.html)
http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p587/llandegfedd/fish%20healths/DSC02450ed_zps52a15075.jpg (http://s1157.photobucket.com/user/llandegfedd/media/fish%20healths/DSC02450ed_zps52a15075.jpg.html)



Many thanks,

Ben

llandegfedd
08/04/2013, 02:50 PM
*PS it has only recently showed in the last day. No abnormal behaviour.

llandegfedd
08/04/2013, 03:26 PM
Actually the pictures aren't so clear, it protrudes from the eye of the fish. Before I disturbed it, it must've been about 5mm long.

llandegfedd
08/05/2013, 07:06 AM
Any ideas anybody?

HumbleFish
08/05/2013, 08:10 AM
Possible Lymphocystis growth on the eye. My Powder Blue has had the same thing in the past.

llandegfedd
08/05/2013, 11:56 AM
Ah okay, that's an interesting thought. He's got a while left in QT so seeing how it develops through time will enable us to get an idea of saying whether it is a suggestion made here.

llandegfedd
08/06/2013, 05:23 PM
Any further thoughts?

The object has reduced in size, however still visible.