Help on nemo.. white swollen pimple like thing

[Reds]

Hi, notice that 1 of my nemo... At the mouth area have white swollen pimple like thing... wat problem or disease is that? The nemo is still feeding though....

What shld i do?

[steven]

any pics ?

a picture paints a thousand words...

[Lester]

i think it must have kana a mouth infection.. best to isolate in a treatment tank to heal and hopefully it recover before re intro to main tank ..

[jonathan543]

hi happened to my tiny nemo once... not really an infection... look carefully, it might be a bug or parasite, white & rounded... try catching nemo in a net & see carefully under light for signs of it's 2tiny pindot eyes on the white thingy. if its a bug, can be easily removed using toothpick or smt, from my experience lah... so pls dun flame me wor

[kokhui]

Strangely, I noticed my clown fish also has the white pimple like thing on its mouth. It seems still very happy and feeding well. Several weeks already, I am afraid if I stress it by catching it out, things may go worse.

[itchyhand]

hi happened to my tiny nemo once... not really an infection... look carefully, it might be a bug or parasite, white & rounded... try catching nemo in a net & see carefully under light for signs of it's 2tiny pindot eyes on the white thingy. if its a bug, can be easily removed using toothpick or smt, from my experience lah... so pls dun flame me wor

Do u know what's that thing u talking abt? I also find tat in my tank. If not wrong, it's a kind of bloodsuckers. INitial is transparent, after attached to fish n suck blood, becomes brownish black. I caught 1 n pressed it flat. Found it tried to attacked my goby.

U know what's their name n how to catch them?

Thanks!

[Clownfish]

those mentioned bloodsuckers r isopods

to confirm, more info found here:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/

[shoelevy]

there's a thread about isopod on sailfin tang

quite recent...check it out