Disease diagnosis

[musel101]

How many days do I keep the It’s not gonna do any harm to them keeping the temperature up like that and staple until his skin clears up Couple days at the most

 

[musel101]

And if you can send a picture each day as progress gets better you can post it here.

 

[MnFish1]

To me this is a severe disease and perhaps 2 diseases. It looks like Ich - possibly with Brooklynella. A UV will not help in this situation - but can be useful with mild cases - or in aquaria where it used as a preventative - even then - it's not perfect.

The reason it's confusing is that there are definitely 'white spots' that look like ich - but there is also a severe mucosal reaction (which can be seen with severe Ich or Brook) - i.e. your fish could have 2 things.

I would tend to treat ALL the fish with copper as suggested by @vetteguy53081 and leave your tank fallow per whichever protocol you choose (45 or 76 days)

 

[vetteguy53081]

I know in fresh water if you raise the temperature of the tank the ick dies off because it cannot reproduce fast enough it speeds up the lifecycle

Raising temp in saltwater shortens the ich life cycle but also lowers oxygen levels. Follow treatment as described

 

[vetteguy53081]

That's not ich. That dusty covering is typical clownfish disease, brook.

Youre referring to secondary bacterial lesions with brook and at this stage if so- fish would be dead

 

[Lavey29]

Youre referring to secondary bacterial lesions with brook and at this stage if so- fish would be dead

Clowns can hold on longer then other fish because they are typically the carriers of brook. Mine were dusty like that for several weeks before they succumbed while the other fish in the tank were dying overnight. Clowns are actually strong fish for their size.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Clowns can hold on longer then other fish because they are typically the carriers of brook. Mine were dusty like that for several weeks before they succumbed while the other fish in the tank were dying overnight. Clowns are actually strong fish for their size.

Carriers are clowns, damsels, groupers and some marine wild caught fish which makes clowns a candidate as they are the highest caught wild but often we jump to conclusions when a clown is ill that its brook when other fish can get it as its a ciliated parasite which lives, feeds and reproduces directly on a given fish with no encysted stage or life cycle

 

[ianw163]

UPDATE


I woke up today to find that My clownfish is nowhere to be found. Usually greets me when I come near the tank but not doing that today. Mabye there is something wrong. I will try to move the rocks to see if I can find him.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Clowns can hold on longer then other fish because they are typically the carriers of brook. Mine were dusty like that for several weeks before they succumbed while the other fish in the tank were dying overnight. Clowns are actually strong fish for their size.

Carriers are clowns, damsels, groupers and some marine wild caught fish which makes clowns a candidate as they are the highest caught wild but often we jump to conclusions when a clown is ill that its brook when other fish can get it as its a ciliated parasite which lives, feeds and reproduces directly on a given fish withno encysted stage or life cycle

UPDATE


I woke up today to find that My clownfish is nowhere to be found. Usually greets me when I come near the tank but not doing that today. Mabye there is something wrong. I will try to move the rocks to see if I can find him.

Check the tank overflow and sump First

 

[ianw163]

Carriers are clowns, damsels, groupers and some marine wild caught fish which makes clowns a candidate as they are the highest caught wild but often we jump to conclusions when a clown is ill that its brook when other fish can get it as its a ciliated parasite which lives, feeds and reproduces directly on a given fish withno encysted stage or life cycle

Check the tank overflow and sump First

I already did that but no results