Dead clownfish help ID

[learn2reef]

Need help with disease ID. My black/white clownfish died all of the sudden and it has a whitish cottony infection on its belly. I have another orange/white/black clownfish that has a smaller whitish patch on the left under the jaw. Today the black/white one was at bottom barely alive and the nauseous snails were on it a already. I got the other one out into my quarantine tank. They have been hiding in the torch so I may not have noticed the infection coming on until it was too late. Not sure.

Two things of note have happened recently. About two weeks ago, both clown started hosting in a big torch colony. Could that have hurt them?

The second thing is I was starting to get some cyano under the sand line along the glass in front of tank, so I did a sand vacuum to try to get it out and that may have overly distrusted the sand.

Any help appreciated.

 

[sc50964]

Wow I haven’t seen this before. Maybe fungus?

 

[blaxsun]

Xenomorph...

 

[blecki]

Possible the damage is from the snails and not directly related to the cause of death.

 

[Sharkbait19]

If the living one is showing a similar white patch, it could be a bacterial infection. You can try treating with a broad spectrum antibiotic like kanaplex or neoplex.
Did the fish act off at all?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I’m not seeing anything diagnostic in the photo, can you post a video?

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Need help with disease ID. My black/white clownfish died all of the sudden and it has a whitish cottony infection on its belly. I have another orange/white/black clownfish that has a smaller whitish patch on the left under the jaw. Today the black/white one was at bottom barely alive and the nauseous snails were on it a already. I got the other one out into my quarantine tank. They have been hiding in the torch so I may not have noticed the infection coming on until it was too late. Not sure.

Two things of note have happened recently. About two weeks ago, both clown started hosting in a big torch colony. Could that have hurt them?

The second thing is I was starting to get some cyano under the sand line along the glass in front of tank, so I did a sand vacuum to try to get it out and that may have overly distrusted the sand.

Any help appreciated.

Any chance of pics under white light you may have saved. Pic #2- are those little worms amongst the growth?
The other clown, any unusual look to the feces?
Was fish bloated prior to developing this?

 

[learn2reef]

He’s got a small spot above right eye too.

 

[learn2reef]

More pictures (iPhone video didn’t work).

 

[vetteguy53081]

More pictures (iPhone video didn’t work).

Spot appears to be post injury and should heal on its own however keep an eye on it for healing and not getting red or sore. Same with gill plate which appears to be injured

 

[learn2reef]

Possible the damage is from the snails and not directly related to the cause of death.

Yes, possibly. My son noticed fish lying on sand bed and said there was a snail on the belly. Fish was alive still, but barely.

 

[learn2reef]

I’m not seeing anything diagnostic in the photo, can you post a video?

Jay

Are those newer pictures any better?

 

[learn2reef]

Nearly two days in QT. Fish is hiding behind the heater. Eating some, but not too much. The spots seem the same or possibly a bit better.

Is it possible the dead fish fell asleep in the torch and a snail got to it while sleeping and killed it?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Are those newer pictures any better?

Sorry, no help. A video tells me the fish’s respiration rate and general attitude. YouTube links are probably the easiest way to post them.
Jay