Disease diagnosis

[ianw163]

What are those on my black clownfish?

 

[fishguy242]

#fishmedic

 

[ianw163]

is anyone there?

 

[musel101]

Looks like ick

 

[ianw163]

can Ick be so cramped together?

 

[ianw163]

If it is ick then a major relief but If brook, bad.

 

[musel101]

can Ick be so cramped together?

Honestly I’m not sure I have a couple freshwater tanks as well.

 

[musel101]

If it is ick then a major relief but If brook, bad.

Can you take a better picture

 

[JGT]

Pretty serious case of ich. You’ll want get the fish into a QT treat with copper power or copper safe. Leave the DT fallow for 60 days.

 

[ianw163]

Mabye this will help

 

[musel101]

If it is ick then a major relief but If brook, bad.

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

 

[vetteguy53081]

What are those on my black clownfish?

This time of the year, many are active outdoors, traveling and occupied and will at times take a little longer to respond until Labor day
Regarding your question, this fish appears to have ich. Fish will need to be quarantined and based on the coverage , tank will need to be fishless (fallow) for 6-8 weeks to assure cysts have died off without a host fish. treat in Quarantine tank and treat with Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.0 - 2.25 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.

 

[musel101]

Do you have a UV sterilizer that’ll kill ich as we’ll

 

[Sharkbait19]

UV won’t do much on ich short of a band-aid. If you want to eradicate it from a system, fallowing the tank to starve it is the most reliable option.
Hyposalinity is an option in a fowlr, but in most cases it’s easiest to just leave inverts in the dt so fish can be treated with copper in qt.

 

[Lavey29]

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

 

[musel101]

What are those on my black clownfish?

Do you have any other fish in the tank Or inverts? Or just the clowns?

 

[ianw163]

I have two clowns and a emperor angelfish. a crab a hermit and a snail

 

[musel101]

I have two clowns and a emperor angelfish. a crab a hermit and a snail

I have two clowns and a emperor angelfish. a crab a hermit and a snail

If you want to go over kill use the UV sterilizer to stop the reproduction. And if you can put your inverts in a separate container or tank if you’re gonna does copper. Finally if you don’t have another tank UV sterilizer and raise the temperature to speed up their lifecycle If it’s just a fish do 1° to half a degree a day See if you can reach up to 82 through the course of a couple days. Only if you don’t have any corals in your tank to that might shook them

 

[ianw163]

If you want to go over kill use the UV sterilizer to stop the reproduction. And if you can put your inverts in a separate container or tank if you’re gonna does copper. Finally if you don’t have another tank UV sterilizer and raise the temperature to speed up their lifecycle If it’s just a fish do 1° to half a degree a day See if you can reach up to 82 through the course of a couple days. Only if you don’t have any corals in your tank to that might shook them

C or F

 

[ianw163]

If you want to go over kill use the UV sterilizer to stop the reproduction. And if you can put your inverts in a separate container or tank if you’re gonna does copper. Finally if you don’t have another tank UV sterilizer and raise the temperature to speed up their lifecycle If it’s just a fish do 1° to half a degree a day See if you can reach up to 82 through the course of a couple days. Only if you don’t have any corals in your tank to that might shook them

How many days do I keep the temperature?