Clown maybe sick?

[amsterdam_reefer]

I was wondering if mineclownfish possibly has caught a sickness and if so what kind

-Hes/she got a white mouth
-Doesnt eat much
-is little bit skinny
-got a sort of cauliflower on the tail
-swims on one spot with head up
-does not gasping for air
-swims right up when it thinks there is gonna be food

 

[KrisReef]

I'm not the guy but how about a Marine fungus? bump.

Is the Doctor in the house? @ReefSquad

 

[Billldg]

@Jay Hemdal

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I was wondering if mineclownfish possibly has caught a sickness and if so what kind

-Hes/she got a white mouth
-Doesnt eat much
-is little bit skinny
-got a sort of cauliflower on the tail
-swims on one spot with head up
-does not gasping for air
-swims right up when it thinks there is gonna be food

Can you post a short video?
How long have you had this fish?
How long has it been showing these symptoms?
Any other fish showing symptom?

Jay

 

[amsterdam_reefer]

I think around 4-5 months when i put it in
I reckon 2 weeks but yeaterday it had a cauliflower on his tail
This is the only fish with the symptoms
My other clown only had a lil bit white mouth and isnt skinny

My water parameters are normal
Po4 0.1
No3 14
No2 0
Nh3 0

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I think around 4-5 months when i put it in
I reckon 2 weeks but yeaterday it had a cauliflower on his tail
This is the only fish with the symptoms
My other clown only had a lil bit white mouth and isnt skinny

My water parameters are normal
Po4 0.1
No3 14
No2 0
Nh3 0

Thanks for the additional info and video.

I think that you can rule out infectious parasitic disease, as well as acute bacterial disease. That pretty much leaves chronic bacterial disease (or maybe a virus). These, like Mycobacterium, really are not treatable in fish. They also are not going to be widely contagious to your other fish (maybe the other clownfish).

If you wanted to treat it, I would suggest a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic such as Furan-2 in a treatment tank.

Jay

 

[amsterdam_reefer]

Thank you for looking into this
So this is not a deadly disease?
If so ill start to try to treat it

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you for looking into this
So this is not a deadly disease?
If so ill start to try to treat it

No, if it is a chronic bacterial disease, it will eventually be fatal. It's just that mycobacteria (one of these diseases) cannot be treated. If it isn't that disease, it may be treatable with antibiotics in a treatment tank. I'm not sure what you have available to you in Europe though.

Jay