Mandarin has bumps on his skin

[prizejunkie]

Hey my green mandarin has raised bumps on his head and body. Otherwise he looks healthy and has been eating very well. He eats hikaro marine s pellets and grazes on my limited copepods. My water parameters are normal. I did some searches and havent founds any answers though i noticed other people have had the same conditions. Any help would be greatlty apreacieted, i love this fish and have had him for months.

[HecticDialectics]

Hey my green mandarin has raised bumps on his head and body. Otherwise he looks healthy and has been eating very well. He eats hikaro marine s pellets and grazes on my limited copepods. My water parameters are normal. I did some searches and havent founds any answers though i noticed other people have had the same conditions. Any help would be greatlty apreacieted, i love this fish and have had him for months.

 

 

could be parasites... I've seen threads before where a big lump on the side of a fishes body was a giant blood-sucking copepod-type thing. Pretty disgusting... it gives me the heebie-geebies

[prizejunkie]

best way to treat this?

[prizejunkie]

also is it possible that its a fungus infection?

[JustReef]

could be parasites... I've seen threads before where a big lump on the side of a fishes body was a giant blood-sucking copepod-type thing. Pretty disgusting... it gives me the heebie-geebies

isopod

[JustReef]

also is it possible that its a fungus infection?

Unlikely, but possible. Fungus doesn't grow very well in saltwater.

[seahorsedreams]

You really need to flash a pic up.... incorrectly identifying could lead to unnecessay/ineffective treatment.