Did something lay eggs on my black skirt tetra??

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Supalah17

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So I found these on my black skirt tetras fin last night, there are 10 black skirts, 10 Congo’s, 10 serpae tetra, 3 African brown knives and 5 Siamese algae eaters in here. This is the only fish affected and I’m deeply confused as to what this is...

The tank is densely planted and has been fully cycled and stocked for over 6 months with zero issue. Nothing new has gone into the tank, but I suppose it’s possible something from one of the QT tanks got crossed over through a net or something. But none of the QT fish have any similar symptoms.

These are the best pics I could manage, but he’s still very active so it was hard to get a still shot.

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So I found these on my black skirt tetras fin last night, there are 10 black skirts, 10 Congo’s, 10 serpae tetra, 3 African brown knives and 5 Siamese algae eaters in here. This is the only fish affected and I’m deeply confused as to what this is...

The tank is densely planted and has been fully cycled and stocked for over 6 months with zero issue. Nothing new has gone into the tank, but I suppose it’s possible something from one of the QT tanks got crossed over through a net or something. But none of the QT fish have any similar symptoms.

These are the best pics I could manage, but he’s still very active so it was hard to get a still shot.

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Possibly lymphocytes but not sure. Hard to tell looking at that pic.
 
Possibly lymphocytes but not sure. Hard to tell looking at that pic.
I googled the condition and the pics I found online definitely look like what I’ve got here, guess I need to set back up the hospital tank since my QTs are all full. Good thing the internet seems I think it’s not fatal in most cases.
 
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I googled the condition and the pics I found online definitely look like what I’ve got here, guess I need to set back up the hospital tank since my QTs are all full. Good thing the internet seems I think it’s not fatal in most cases.


I've had fish with lymphocytes that lived for year's.
 
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