Clownfish

[domination2580]

Ok, so I checked on my occeleris clown, it looks like she either has ich or velvet....small white dots protruding from the fish. Here's some pics. I'm thinking I'll be starting a copper treatment.

 

[domination2580]

@melypr1985

 

[domination2580]

@Humblefish, @4FordFamily

 

[Smo]

Looks like something similar to what I recently went thru with my clowns. Not sure it is Ich. May be Brook or possible flukes. How long have you had these fish, any new additions? I assume none have been quarantined?
I'd wait for the real experts to chime in. A fresh water bath (see the recent posting) for 5 minutes on the way to a QT may bring temporary relief and enable you to determine if the parasites are flukes. Then determine your course of action following that. Do not delay, however, I lost one clown but the other has since fully recovered and is doing great.

 

[domination2580]

I've had these for about a year now, just added a small cuc. They are in qt right now...going to get coppersafe and test kit, will do a freshwater bath...maybe a rally bath

 

[Smo]

Yes, I performed a 90 minute acriflavine (Ruby Reef Rally) bath too and then into a sterile new QT to wipe out Brook if that is present.

 

[domination2580]

If it is brook I'll be dosing the qt

 

[domination2580]

It does seem to look more like brook now that I really look at it...

 

[Smo]

Suspect you have already reviewed Humblefish's post at:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

 

[domination2580]

Yeah I've done a lot of research...just kind of looking for others who agree on id

 

[domination2580]

Just put in 30 ml of rally into qt....if it's brook it should take care of it in three days according to the directions on the back, I have coppersafe and a test kit on the way as well in case it is ich.

 

[Smo]

If it is Brook and you have to fallow your DT for six weeks, you may consider just extending for a full 76 days, prophylactically treat for Ich and do Prazi too. Not that much more time and work. It would give you the best shot of ensuring a pest free tank. Of course--everything wet thereafter would have to be put thru a quarantine process. That's where I am at now, roughly halfway thru the 76 day fallow with three disease free survivors and a couple new additions planned for TTM and their own quarantine period.

 

[domination2580]

If it is Brook and you have to fallow your DT for six weeks, you may consider just extending for a full 76 days, prophylactically treat for Ich and do Prazi too. Not that much more time and work. It would give you the best shot of ensuring a pest free tank. Of course--everything wet thereafter would have to be put thru a quarantine process. That's where I am at now, roughly halfway thru the 76 day fallow with three decease free survivors and a couple new additions planned for TTM and their own quarantine period.

That's the plan for the dt...all fish are in qt, two which came from the dt, 4 that were new comers which have been in another qt tank since they arrived.

 

[domination2580]

#reefsquad#

 

[Maritimer]

I'm not nearly the disease pro that Humblefish, 4FordFamily and Melypr1985 are, but I would expect to see, the white spots of ich looking much more discreet and distinct, and velvet, while it can produce a thickened-mucus look like that, to generally show a lot more dotting as well. In my limited experience, I'd probably diagnose that fellow with Brook.

That having been said, if Humblefish, Melypr1985 or 4FordFamily tell you _anything_ different ... listen to them, and not to me!

~Bruce

 

[domination2580]

I'm not nearly the disease pro that Humblefish, 4FordFamily and Melypr1985 are, but I would expect to see, the white spots of ich looking much more discreet and distinct, and velvet, while it can produce a thickened-mucus look like that, to generally show a lot more dotting as well. In my limited experience, I'd probably diagnose that fellow with Brook.

That having been said, if Humblefish, Melypr1985 or 4FordFamily tell you _anything_ different ... listen to them, and not to me!

~Bruce

I'm pretty confident it's brook but looking for the more experienced people to confirm. I have added rally to the qt and now just waiting.

 

[melypr1985]

It's possible that it's brook. Easy enough to do the Rally bath, then move into copper. I suggest doing the rally as a bath instead of in the QT. If you follow Humble's protocol for treating velvet, which involves a fresh water dip, rally bath, then coppered QT - you'd be covered all the way around. Of course, if the copper doesn't help at all, then switch to metroplex.

 

[melypr1985]

For the record, that first picture looks like brook, the others make it a murky diagnosis. Also, his eyeball appears to be swollen. Is that a trick of the camera?

 

[domination2580]

It's possible that it's brook. Easy enough to do the Rally bath, then move into copper. I suggest doing the rally as a bath instead of in the QT. If you follow Humble's protocol for treating velvet, which involves a fresh water dip, rally bath, then coppered QT - you'd be covered all the way around. Of course, if the copper doesn't help at all, then switch to metroplex.

Normally I would do a bath but my copper isn't supposed to get here till wednesday. So I figured I'd treat the qt with rally and by the time the copper got here the rally treatment would be done.

 

[domination2580]

For the record, that first picture looks like brook, the others make it a murky diagnosis. Also, his eyeball appears to be swollen. Is that a trick of the camera?

And as for the post In the freshwater dip, she wasn't breathing heavily so I just started with rally....