HELP i have a sick? fish

bikim4202005

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:help:very wierd only 2 fish in tank and only this 1 has it, it was fine earlier today:help: . its not ich (been there done that many times), :cry: looks like lint lol.:huh: its white and sticks out ,its face is covered and everywhere.:help:

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It looks just like ich to me, what makes you think it is not ich? Also, water params, what is the tank mate, gallons, etc
 
fungus?
 
Doesn't look anything like fungus. My first thought was also ich. It could be some weird bacterial condition I suppose.
 
ich normally looks like the fish was sprinkled with salt.

I've seen this in my marine tanks if a fish rolled in sand too.. but if you don't have sand I would suspect ich.
 
Looks like ich to me. I've never seen stringy or fluffy ich before...that sounds more like columnaris to me.
 
I couldn't figure out whether "its stringy long and looks bumpy fluffy" referred to ich or his fish. Ich certainly isn't stringy.
 
the stuff on the fish was long and fluffy stringy like stuck out off the fish like the length of a well sharpened pencil tip but not pointed, wasnt like any ich ive ever seen loked just like little pieces of lint.
today it is almost gone very wierd
 
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