Clown fish with something

Trying*this*again · Oct 17, 2022

Hello new tank and of course problems already ... tank is upgraded as of a week but the original tank was two months old and I moved everything over. Hoping someone can identify this and help me with treatment options
Thank you!

vetteguy53081 · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
Hello new tank and of course problems already ... tank is upgraded as of a week but the original tank was two months old and I moved everything over. Hoping someone can identify this and help me with treatment options
Thank you!

Pics are a bit fuzzy but I believe i see a patch/blotch on its back which appears to be bacterial. Treatment will be seachem kanaplrx OR Maracyn 2 for 5 days. Before starting treatment, can you repost pics under white lighting for verification ?
Also assure lens and glass are clean for sharpest image

Sebastiancrab · Oct 17, 2022

Please post some new pictures in white light and your water parameters. Any new fish and were these quarantined?

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Sebastiancrab · Oct 17, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Pics are a bit fuzzy but I believe i see a patch/blotch on its back which appears to be bacterial. Treatment will be seachem kanaplrx OR Maracyn 2 for 5 days. Before starting treatment, can you repost pics under white lighting for verification ?
Also assure lens and glass are clean for sharpest image

Why are you recommending a treatment and then asking for new pictures for clarification? It obviously is shooting from the hip! He/she may not have the medicine and may have a wasted a trip to the store and their money!

Trying*this*again · Oct 17, 2022

I'm at work for a little bit. I will get new pics when I get home. I got the fish together and put them into the tank I do have 3 frags in there from before. Thanks for any and all help...I have the liquid tests coming in all I have is strips and I can barely read them.

Crabby48 · Oct 17, 2022

Is that spot red or just look that way in the picture? Also as mentioned any new additions?

Lost in the Sauce · Oct 17, 2022

OP, your pics leave a bit too be desired. Can you please let us know what You are seeing and the symptoms on your clown?

Treatment options are highly dependant on diagnosis which can't really be done with no info and grainy pics.

A 30 second video is often helpful.

Jay Hemdal · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
Hello new tank and of course problems already ... tank is upgraded as of a week but the original tank was two months old and I moved everything over. Hoping someone can identify this and help me with treatment options
Thank you!

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

That looks a LOT like an unknown lesion that has been cropping up in clownfish. I discuss it here:

Clownfish bruising/lesion?

All, Over the past two years or so, I've come across dozens of cases on the fish disease forum here of an issue with clownfish that we have not been able to identify. I've never seen it on any clownfish I've had myself, but the issue seems most common on designer clowns, which I don't work...

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Sebastiancrab · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
I'm at work for a little bit. I will get new pics when I get home. I got the fish together and put them into the tank I do have 3 frags in there from before. Thanks for any and all help...I have the liquid tests coming in all I have is strips and I can barely read them.

I hope your liquid tests are not API kits. They are not always reliable and are difficult to read. Go with Salifert, Hanna or Red Sea.

Trying*this*again · Oct 17, 2022

I don't see my reply so I'll post the picture again ... it's hard to get a good picture ... it definitely looks like a bruise under the skin

Jay Hemdal · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
I don't see my reply so I'll post the picture again ... it's hard to get a good picture ... it definitely looks like a bruise under the skin

Yes - that's identical to the syndrome that I discussed in my post above. Nobody knows what causes it. Topical treatments won't work for something like this that is under the skin. Oral medications are really tricky to do properly. And then, if it is indeed a bruise, no treatment would help. I don't think it is a bruise though as none of the cases I've had brought to me indicated that the fish could have gotten injured in some fashion.

Jay

Trying*this*again · Oct 17, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Yes - that's identical to the syndrome that I discussed in my post above. Nobody knows what causes it. Topical treatments won't work for something like this that is under the skin. Oral medications are really tricky to do properly. And then, if it is indeed a bruise, no treatment would help. I don't think it is a bruise though as none of the cases I've had brought to me indicated that the fish could have gotten injured in some fashion.

Jay

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Jay Hemdal said:
Yes - that's identical to the syndrome that I discussed in my post above. Nobody knows what causes it. Topical treatments won't work for something like this that is under the skin. Oral medications are really tricky to do properly. And then, if it is indeed a bruise, no treatment would help. I don't think it is a bruise though as none of the cases I've had brought to me indicated that the fish could have gotten injured in some fashion.

Jay

So should I just do nothing?

vetteguy53081 · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
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So should I just do nothing?

Not much you can do but see if it worsens as it is a condition , not parasite, etc
Seachem metroplex added to food if eating MAY help, but a pure gamble

Trying*this*again · Oct 17, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Not much you can do but see if it worsens as it is a condition , not parasite, etc
Seachem metroplex added to food if eating MAY help, but a pure gamble

Ok thanks for the help... my crappy luck I guess

Jay Hemdal · Oct 17, 2022

Trying*this*again said:
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So should I just do nothing?

Well, nobody knows what causes this, so there isn’t any known treatment.

I just started noticing this last year. It isn’t always fatal, and of the fish that do die, we don’t even know if they are dying from this lesion or something else.

Jay

Trying*this*again · Oct 18, 2022

Just wanted to update it died this morning so it happened pretty fast .... he's a wet specimen now .... Thank again and thanks for all the future questions I'll have!! Is my current clown OK alone? Do I actually need another one? I think I'll try a naked clown next if I do no white