Help, what is this white film on my fish!

[thinkfwd]

Hey everyone in need some help, I woke up this morning and noticed a white film on my maroon Clown. What is this! And what do I do Helton help

 

[ying yang]

Umm broikenella maybe.pissibly velvet

Closed fins
Excess mucus production
Hiding away from other fish maybe?

Maybe loss of appetite?

Look up @Jay Hemdal protocol and will tag @vetteguy53081 also to get better sound advice than I can give as I'm not diesese expert
Wait for them to give advice aslong as not to long as that fish looks like on last legs unfortunately

 

[ying yang]

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

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Read through this while you waiting

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hey everyone in need some help, I woke up this morning and noticed a white film on my maroon Clown. What is this! And what do I do Helton help

As @ying yang said, this does look like Brooklynella. It is a pretty advanced case, so any treatment will be very difficult. You could try a 5 minute FW dip to try and buy some time. Bear in mind though, that a dip like that carries some risk, and it could push the clown over the edge.

What other fish do you have in with it?
How long have you had this clown?
Do you have access to formalin? If not, how about Ruby Reef Rally Proo?

jay

 

[ying yang]

There you go ,Jay here quickly as always and will be able to give you top notch advice

Good luck with your fishy friend/s

 

[ChiCity]

how the heck does @Jay Hemdal
not have any hospitality awards???

 

[vetteguy53081]

Flooded with brook, yikes. Giving them a freshwater dip will offer temporary relief as long as fish not overly stressed and using same temperature as the display tank
Treatment of choice is a 45 minute formalin bath using quick cure , followed by transfer into a new/sterile QT and treating with formalin based med or ruby rally pro

 

[LeftyReefer]

The green pouch of Safety Stop dip packets also contain formalin.

This is another reason why I like to keep a few packets of Safety Stop on hand.
convenient, pre-measured amounts ready to go in an emergency.

 

[ying yang]

Umm came back online after got advice but no reply or thankyou or nothing lol.
Hopefully op just busy with work or trying save fish and no time to reply/ say thankyou to the expert and hopefully managed to save clown in question.or very least saved other fish in same tank ,goodluck if read this op ^_^

 

[thinkfwd]

Thanks everyone for helping me out. I tried my best and did the dips but by the time I got back all my fish passed away . The tank has 0 nitrite and nitrate and passed all the strip test, I don’t know why all my fish died with same symptoms. Would you guys recommend a complete water change or something . I kind of don’t want to introduce any net new fish until I resolve this… my Corals are doing fine but fish just die off with this white film… how do I solve this problem in the tank

 

[LeftyReefer]

Now that your tank is infected, any new fish you add will probably suffer the same fate...
You will probably need to let the tank go fallow (fishless) for at least 45 days, maybe longer... in order for the parasites to die out before introducing any new fish... or do a complete tank tear down and bleach it.

 

[thinkfwd]

As @ying yang said, this does look like Brooklynella. It is a pretty advanced case, so any treatment will be very difficult. You could try a 5 minute FW dip to try and buy some time. Bear in mind though, that a dip like that carries some risk, and it could push the clown over the edge.

What other fish do you have in with it?
How long have you had this clown?
Do you have access to formalin? If not, how about Ruby Reef Rally Proo?

jay

I’m really new to the hobby and the clown has been with us for about 4 months. The reef tank has a bunch of snails, blue crab and a bunch of coral. Nothing too fancy. It use to have 3 guppies. All fish have died with same symptoms… I’m scared to introduce any new fish now and also I don’t know if I should remove my coral from the water. I have a few hammers and don’t want to lose those either,

 

[thinkfwd]

Now that your tank is infected, any new fish you add will probably suffer the same fate...
You will probably need to let the tank go fallow (fishless) for at least 45 days, maybe longer... in order for the parasites to die out before introducing any new fish... or do a complete tank tear down and bleach it.

What would you recommend I do for my coral and snails and existing crabs, should I remove them or something or just keep the tank?

 

[Dave1993]

wont bother ur corals but ur going to have to go fishless for 6 weeks make it longer if u wanna be safer

Fallow periods: Going Fishless

Please see this updated information on fallow periods: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/45-day-fallow-periods.805213/ Jay Hemdal 7/13/2023 The reason to go fallow (fishless) is to eliminate a fish disease from your DT (display tank). Going fallow works because you are denying the disease a...

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[LeftyReefer]

I would let the tank go fishless for a couple months.

 

[ying yang]

Let tank go fallow and keep eye on your parameters as your nitrate/ phosphate may go low affecting corals and may even go to 0 ive read and then get the dreaded dinos ^_^
Always a way out of it whether it be a rip clean or dose nitrates/phosphates but need dose/ test accordingly if go this method.
Certain foods will either rise nitrates like live/ fresh foods and reef roids raise phosphates.

Goodluck and if need more advice on anything just start another thread on it as lots helpfull experienced guys and girls here on r2r