Help with sick clownfish

[Jenny_rs]

Dont know what they have and it's getting progressively worse. Have them in quarantine and prepared to medicate them but what do I use? Any help is appreciated as I really don't want to lose my clowns

 

[Katrina71]

#reefsquad

 

[Flippers4pups]

Dont know what they have and it's getting progressively worse. Have them in quarantine and prepared to medicate them but what do I use? Any help is appreciated as I really don't want to lose my clowns

One of two things, lympho or bad case of flukes.

Fresh water dip them to see if it's flukes first.

 

[Katrina71]

It looked like lympho to me too, but it's not my strong point.

 

[Jenny_rs]

Okay did a 4 minute fw dip, is there anything I should look out for?

 

[Katrina71]

Did anything fall off?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Scrap freshwater dip. Likely Brooklynella and treatment is Formalin. Typical issue with most clownfish. Add garlic extract to their food also

 

[Jenny_rs]

No nothing fell off and they still look the same.

 

[vetteguy53081]

No nothing fell off and they still look the same.

because its a Pathogen, not protozoan

 

[Jenny_rs]

because its a Pathogen, not protozoan

Formalin and garlic it is. Smaller one is having a hard time eating the pellet food even though it a .5 mm pellet (spectrum)

 

[vetteguy53081]

Formalin and garlic it is. Smaller one is having a hard time eating the pellet food even though it a .5 mm pellet (spectrum)

soak the food to soften it prior to feeding it

 

[Jenny_rs]

soak the food to soften it prior to feeding it

Will do thanks

 

[Flippers4pups]

Here's a good read: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fish-diseases-101.189284/

@Jenny_rs , How long have they looked like this? Brook is typically a quick killer.

Selcon is a good additive to frozen foods. If they are having a tough time eating pellets, consider a good quality frozen food.

Be careful with formalin treatments in QT. It will reduce 02 levels. Air stone with a air pump using it.

 

[Jenny_rs]

Yes I've got the airstone and a pump in the qt. It's been about a week or so, they are still eager eaters and seem healthy but I thought it was ich at first and treated briefly for that which didnt work.

 

[Flippers4pups]

@HotRocks, @4FordFamily.

With them having a white body, it's a tough call. Brook typically looks as if they are shedding skin. Usually kills pretty quick. Lympho looks like tuff's of white matter on face, fins.

Still leaning towards lympho.

Let's see if we can get others opinions.

#reefsquad

 

[Jenny_rs]

@HotRocks, @4FordFamily.

With them having a white body, it's a tough call. Brook typically looks as if they are shedding skin. Usually kills pretty quick. Lympho looks like tuff's of white matter on face, fins.

Still leaning towards lympho.

Let's see if we can get others opinions.

#reefsquad

I've got a dslr camera, I'll try to get better pictures and add them in a few mins

 

[Flippers4pups]

Jenny, are they breathing heavy? "Flashing" against rocks, things in the tank?

 

[Jenny_rs]

Jenny, are they breathing heavy? "Flashing" against rocks, things in the tank?

No they seem normal otherwise

 

[Jenny_rs]

This is the best I could do, the tank is old and curved plastic so it's hard to get a perfectly clear image

 

[Flippers4pups]

No they seem normal otherwise

Okay, been looking like this for a over a week, no heavy breathing or flashing and eat. Just the smaller one has a hard time with the pellets.

Okay.

Brooklynella typically will make their skin look like it's sloughing off, slime covering their bodies. Breathing will be heavy, as it attacks their gills typically first, then body. Flashing typically occurs do to the irritation from the parasites. Advanced stages they would become lethargic and stop eating. Typically within a couple of days of infection of the parasites, death occurs.

Doesn't sound like they have Brook.

All of this sound right?