Does this look like Ich?

[fire/medic]

Was checking out my fish this evening and saw this on the clown. It wasn’t there this morning. Does this look like Ich?

 

[cww81]

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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can you repost a photo taken under white light? A short video would help me judge its respiration rate (a you tube link is easiest to do).
Jay

 

[Ben.QLD2]

That fish looks very ill but better photos/videos are needed. Either advanced whitespot, velvet or brooklynella at this stage I'd say.

 

[fire/medic]

Can you repost a photo taken under white light? A short video would help me judge its respiration rate (a you tube link is easiest to do).
Jay

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[Ben.QLD2]

Need a video.

 

[Ben.QLD2]

The white light photo looks almost like lymphocystis but needs video to help.

 

[fire/medic]

The white light photo looks almost like lymphocystis but needs video to help.

There’s a link to a video I posted on YouTube. https://youtube.com/shorts/Fz_BJodB9Ts?feature=share

 

[Ben.QLD2]

That clown seems to be putting a lot of effort into respiration and the respiration rate looks elevated too. Also, it seems to be swimming into the flow and remaining there. Jay Hemdal will need to weigh in on this but I'm very suspicious of brooklynella. I'm leaning away from velvet given the other fish looks fine. I wouldn't expect a fish to look like that with velvet and a tankmate to be fine.

 

[jasonvan]

looks more velvet. usually ich has different size bumps and not as many. at least the treatment for both are the same.

 

[fire/medic]

Got up this morning for work and found Spot (the clown fish) didn’t make it through the night.
So, if this was Ich or velvet, how do I treat it? Copper will kill the coral and inverts, right?

 

[jhadaway]

I had velvet run through my tank months ago. I lost most of my fish. That doesn't look like what my fish had. None of them looked that extreme. SO sorry. It's horrible to watch. You need to set up a qt tank and get your fish out of there and treat them. Your display will need to go fallow. I do not know if procedures for brook are the same. A quick search on velvet and you should run across the procedures and timelines. There are some great minds on here that go to me through it. I would have lost all my fish without help. Good Luck!

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Got up this morning for work and found Spot (the clown fish) didn’t make it through the night.
So, if this was Ich or velvet, how do I treat it? Copper will kill the coral and inverts, right?

I just woke up and saw the video, sorry to hear.

Based on the white patches and the rapid breathing, I would say the fish had Brooklynella as @Ben.QLD2 said. Velvet would cause very rapid breathing without the large white patches. There is a slim chance that this could have been very advanced ich, but that would have taken days to a week to have progressed that far.

Are there any other fish in this tank?
If not, you will need to let the tank remain fishless for 6 to 10 weeks (longer is safer).
If the tank does have fish in it, what species, and how do they look?

Jay

 

[fire/medic]

I just woke up and saw the video, sorry to hear.

Based on the white patches and the rapid breathing, I would say the fish had Brooklynella as @Ben.QLD2 said. Velvet would cause very rapid breathing without the large white patches. There is a slim chance that this could have been very advanced ich, but that would have taken days to a week to have progressed that far.

Are there any other fish in this tank?
If not, you will need to let the tank remain fishless for 6 to 10 weeks (longer is safer).
If the tank does have fish in it, what species, and how do they look?

Jay

1 other fish, a chalk basslet. He physically looks okay. He was acting a little strange last night, hanging out in areas that weren’t his usual, etc.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

1 other fish, a chalk basslet. He physically looks okay. He was acting a little strange last night, hanging out in areas that weren’t his usual, etc.

Well, keep a close eye it - watch for it not feeding, rapid breathing, and of course white spots/patches.
Jay

 

[fire/medic]

Well, keep a close eye it - watch for it not feeding, rapid breathing, and of course white spots/patches.
Jay

Will do. If the basslet does start showing those symptoms, what should I do with it? Quarantine?

As far as the tank goes, are the corals and inverts safe from this? If I have to pull the basslet to quarantine, can I leave the corals and inverts?

Thanks for the help and input.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Will do. If the basslet does start showing those symptoms, what should I do with it? Quarantine?

As far as the tank goes, are the corals and inverts safe from this? If I have to pull the basslet to quarantine, can I leave the corals and inverts?

Thanks for the help and input.

Yes, you would need to move the basslet to a treatment tank. None of these protozoan fish diseases will harm invertebrates, but new fish can get infected, so you would need to keep the tank fishless for some time, usually 60 days is a good choice.
Jay

 

[fire/medic]

Yes, you would need to move the basslet to a treatment tank. None of these protozoan fish diseases will harm invertebrates, but new fish can get infected, so you would need to keep the tank fishless for some time, usually 60 days is a good choice.
Jay

Okay. Thanks again for the help!