I have ich

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

I have 4 clownfish. 2 of them have come down with ick. I have them in a quarantine tank . What is the best way to treat them.

Qasimja · Sep 23, 2020

copper power and a good copper test kit

HotRocks · Sep 23, 2020

Can you post pictures? Are you sure it is not Brook instead of ich? Clownfish can be relatively tricky to diagnose. They often appear to have ich and/or velvet in the early stages of Brook.

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

Tried to get a couple

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

Some one told me a fresh water dip for 5 min however this may stress them out or make the sick I am assuming

Eric1493 · Sep 23, 2020

Rene42 said:
Tried to get a couple

I'm nowhere near a disease expert, but I would be wary of diagnosing them with ich. I recently lost 2 clowns to brook that had early stages that looked exactly like that. That appears to be a display. Are they in a qt now?

Eric1493 · Sep 23, 2020

Rene42 said:
Some one told me a fresh water dip for 5 min however this may stress them out or make the sick I am assuming

A 5 min FW dip would be an extremely good idea. No matter if its ich or brook, it'll help.

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

Yes. I couldn’t get pics of them in my quarantine tank. They keep hiding from me in their plastic elbow pipes

Eric1493 · Sep 23, 2020

Looking at the pictures again, it looks to me like its brook. There seems to be extra slime all over the fish, a symptom of brook. DO you have access to a fish shop that sells ruby reef rally?

Eric1493 · Sep 23, 2020

Accidental double post.

ScubaFish802 · Sep 23, 2020

@Jay Hemdal might be able to sort this one out

vetteguy53081 · Sep 23, 2020

This looks like an accelerated case of brook but pics a tad fuzzy to confirm .
How is their appetite and breathing?
Any itching or twitching?

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

Yes. I couldn’t get pics of them in my quarantine tank. They keep hiding from me in their plastic elbow

Eric1493 said:
Looking at the pictures again, it looks to me like its brook. There seems to be extra slime all over the fish, a symptom of brook. DO you have access to a fish shop that sells ruby reef rally?

no but they did have microbelift herbtana that I put in the hospital tank alone with in my show tank. They said it should take care of it with the 10 day application

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
This looks like an accelerated case of brook but pics a tad fuzzy to confirm .
How is their appetite and breathing?
Any itching or twitching?

They are eating and very energetic. Doing a little flicking every now and then

Jay Hemdal · Sep 23, 2020

On the second picture down, I can count 4 distinct spots that look like ich. It is of course possible for a fish to have multiple problems at the same time. The clownfish also looks really thin at its nape. Can you start a copper treatment?
Jay

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
This looks like an accelerated case of brook but pics a tad fuzzy to confirm .
How is their appetite and breathing?
Any itching or twitching?

They are eating and swimming but on occasion they are flicking and what looks like having a seizure

Rene42 · Sep 23, 2020

Jay Hemdal said:
On the second picture down, I can count 4 distinct spots that look like ich. It is of course possible for a fish to have multiple problems at the same time. The clownfish also looks really thin at its nape. Can you start a copper treatment?
Jay

They eat a lot and with them being babies aren’t they suppose to be a little thin? I bought them from Petco like 2 months ago and that was how they looked. New to reefing so I have been watching a lot of videos and they look normal as far as health wise

vetteguy53081 · Sep 23, 2020

Rene42 said:
They eat a lot and with them being babies aren’t they suppose to be a little thin? I bought them from Petco like 2 months ago and that was how they looked. New to reefing so I have been watching a lot of videos and they look normal as far as health wise

Jay brings a good point. What are you feeding them?