Clownfish with white patch

[andrews55]

Hi I have a pair of orange storms but the last couple of days I see white patches appearing on it near it’s dorsal on one of them but I really don’t have a clue what it could be

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi I have a pair of orange storms but the last couple of days I see white patches appearing on it near it’s dorsal on one of them but I really don’t have a clue what it could be

I wish it was a white patch but is heavy mucus from Brooklynella clown disease.
This mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Typical treatment is a formalin solution is mixed with in a separate container with either fresh or saltwater. Start with a quick dip in the formalin at a higher concentration then performing treatment in a prolonged bath of formalin base at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the formalin treatment the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
If a formalin solution is not available for immediate use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.
With the advanced stage of this- I recommend immediate quarantine of all inhabitants and leaving display without fish for 4-6 weeks.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi I have a pair of orange storms but the last couple of days I see white patches appearing on it near it’s dorsal on one of them but I really don’t have a clue what it could be

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Posting a video would help us diagnose if this is Brooklynelka or not. It also helps to have more history on the fish and the tank, as outlined in this post:

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[andrews55]

Yes the fish dose look to have some sort of mucus over it when it catches the light in a certain way eyes look like there slightly glazed over as well and as you said first I started noticing it in the facial area like the fish was losing colour in its face, he seems to be eating fine at the minute, I haven’t got a treatment tank set up but I do have a small tank I could use for treatment but how would I do that if tank isn’t cycled or would I need to cycle the tank first thanks very much for the reply and help I’m very new to all this, but this is curable then? Thanks

 

[andrews55]

Not the best

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Not the best

Tough to see, but this does look like Brooklynella. It is a pretty common protozoan disease of clownfish. I would follow the treatment that @vetteguy53081 outlined above.
Jay