Bonded clowns sick

[Jeanet Lopez]

Please help! My bonded clowns are showing signs of sickness especially the small one. It looks like ick, but I don't think it is because it's more white patches than dots. Pictures attached. I have many invertebrates so I cannot treat inside the tank. I do have a quarantine tank but it's only 7 gallons and the bigger clown is a pretty big clown. I also do not know what to treat with. A pajama cardinal fish and a small goby showing no signs of sickness.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

A quarantine tank is really your best/only option to treat these. Take a look at the link below on my signature line, it will direct you to a page of helpful information you can supply us to give us a better idea as to the history of the tank, etc. If you can, please provide additional background info, water quality, etc.

That all said, this looks like Brooklynella, a nasty protozoan disease that clownfish can get. How long have you had these clowns though? I see Brooklynella mostly in newly acquired fish, not long term captives.

Jay

 

[theMeat]

Looks like brook to me too.

 

[vetteguy53081]

For temporary relief, give these guys a freshwater same temperature as the tank
You will need to start these guys on a formalin bath using either general cure or ruby rally pro with GC being most effective and do this daily for 5 days or Quarantine with GC solution. Initially, give the clowns a quick dip in the formalin at a higher concentration, followed by continued treatment in a prolonged bath of formalin at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank (QT). Naturally, the longer the fish are exposed to the formalin treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this disease.

 

[Jeanet Lopez]

Looks like brook to me too.

Thank you. I moved them to a quarantine tank and treated with Reef Rally Pro and the whites patches have disappeared, and they are back to their obnoxious clown ways

 

[Jeanet Lopez]

A quarantine tank is really your best/only option to treat these. Take a look at the link below on my signature line, it will direct you to a page of helpful information you can supply us to give us a better idea as to the history of the tank, etc. If you can, please provide additional background info, water quality, etc.

That all said, this looks like Brooklynella, a nasty protozoan disease that clownfish can get. How long have you had these clowns though? I see Brooklynella mostly in newly acquired fish, not long term captives.

Jay

Thank you for your reply, Jay! I moved them to a quarantine tank and treated with Reef Rally Pro and they are back to normal. To answer your question, I've had these two for prob 6-7 years, so I don't know how they would have picked that up