Clownfish help

[zdubz86]

Hey everyone I bought a pair of cheek-spot Picasso last Friday from my local fish store. (WWC). I just noticed this on one of them. these are the only fish in the tank, I just finished cycling a few weeks ago. All water parameters are good. Appetite has not diminished, No labored breathing, etc. my apologies about the blue lighting. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks you!

 

[zdubz86]

better image

 

[4FordFamily]

I can’t make out much, is it the spot behind the gill cover? Does it look like “cauliflower”?

 

[zdubz86]

I can’t make out much, is it the spot behind the gill cover? Does it look like “cauliflower”?

Hey 4ford, it’s a little further back and higher near the dorsal it more opaque. I’ll see if I can get a better photo

 

[zdubz86]

Hey 4ford, it’s a little further back and higher near the dorsal it more opaque. I’ll see if I can get a better photo

hope this helps! It’s a more opaque/gel/stringy? Lol

 

[4FordFamily]

“Dusting” and “flaky, pealing skin” especially starting around the dorsal fin on clownfish if almost always Brooklynella.

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

www.reef2reef.com

Treating all fish in QT with metroplex for 14 days will do it!

 

[4FordFamily]

I can’t make it out, does it look like the link?

 

[zdubz86]

“Dusting” and “flaky, pealing skin” especially starting around the dorsal fin on clownfish if almost always Brooklynella.

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

www.reef2reef.com

Treating all fish in QT with metroplex for 14 days will do it!

Thank you for your help! It’s greatly appreciated

 

[4FordFamily]

Thank you for your help! It’s greatly appreciated

No problem!

 

[zdubz86]

I can’t make it out, does it look like the link?

To be honest it does t really look the photos except for the sloughing but it is only in one tiny spot the rest of the body doesn’t have any other issues

 

[Qasimja]

upload a picture under white lighting

 

[zdubz86]

upload a picture under white lighting

 

[Qasimja]

that looks like some sort of baterial infection to me but im no expert on those im sure others will chime in soon best of luck

 

[zdubz86]

that looks like some sort of baterial infection to me but im no expert on those im sure others will chime in soon best of luck

Thanks for your help!

 

[Big G]

Very hard to see on the white areas of the fish. Here's some pics of bacterial infections for you to compare.

Bacterial Infections

Why fish get bacterial infections What You Need To Know: * Infections can be caused by either Gram‐positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Gram-negative infections are typically more virulent, and more common in marine fish. * Bacterial infections are often "secondary" to a preexisting parasitic...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[zdubz86]

Very hard to see on the white areas of the fish. Here's some pics of bacterial infections for you to compare.

Bacterial Infections

Why fish get bacterial infections What You Need To Know: * Infections can be caused by either Gram‐positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Gram-negative infections are typically more virulent, and more common in marine fish. * Bacterial infections are often "secondary" to a preexisting parasitic...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you for sharing the article! Greatly appreciated! I was comparing pictures after reading that great article and nothing really looks what my little clown has. Thank you for your help @Big G

 

[Big G]

You are welcome. You wrote it looked "stringy". Sometimes Lymphocystis can be stringy looking. Usually cauliflower or cottony/fibrous texture to most people looking at it on their fish.

Check out the variety of lympho on the clown in this article:

FA181/FA181: Lymphocystis Disease in Fish

Lymphocystis is a chronic disease of freshwater and marine fishes caused by infection with an iridovirus known as Lymphocystivirus or Lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), which is a member of the family Iridoviridae. Infection results in the development of pebble or wart-like nodules most commonly...

edis.ifas.ufl.edu

 

[zdubz86]

You are welcome. You wrote it looked "stringy". Sometimes Lymphocystis can be stringy looking. Usually cauliflower or cottony/fibrous texture to most people looking at it on their fish.

Check out the variety of lympho on the clown in this article:

FA181/FA181: Lymphocystis Disease in Fish

Lymphocystis is a chronic disease of freshwater and marine fishes caused by infection with an iridovirus known as Lymphocystivirus or Lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV), which is a member of the family Iridoviridae. Infection results in the development of pebble or wart-like nodules most commonly...

edis.ifas.ufl.edu

I’m pretty confident at this point that it’s lymphocytes. I appreciate all of your help, and thank you again for the articles