Preemptive Disease Treatment!!!!

[xbrl001]

I have a 10 gallon. Only my clownfish and some snails. Clown has a dot as seen in the pic. And has more on the other side but couldn't get a good picture. Does it look like ich? Something worse? I bought my first coral 2 weeks ago and didn't dip it so I think thats the culprit

I'm willing to remove the snails and coral this weekend (give it back to the store) and just treat the fish in the main tank as a quarantine.

I just want to get ahead of things, any advice?

 

[Tahoe61]

Wait and try and get a daylight image with the blues turned way down.

The could be absolutely nothing. One spot is usually not marine ich. I also doubt not dipping your corals is the primary suspect. I did not dip corals for decades with no issues, yes you should and I do now.

Never treat the display until you know specifically the disease process/pathogen.

Need a better image.

 

[RavenSF]

Ich manifests as white dots, not dark spots. Just wait and see how it goes. The only thing I do with new fish is PraziPro (you can use it in your display tank) and tank transfer method for ich if I don't trust the source of the fish.

I would caution you against jumping ahead and treating for things when you're not sure what you're up against. You'll need better pictures for someone to help with a diagnosis I think.

 

[Ahruk]

If it's black dots on the clown it's most likely from the clown trying to host the coral and getting stung. My clown is literally covered in them from trying to host my zoanthids. It scared the beejesus out of me the first time I saw it... If this is the case though I wouldn't be worried because if they're actually being hurt I'd imagine that they'd learn to avoid the negative stimuli (coral).

 

[xbrl001]

It's a pulsing Xenia. I didn't think they sting... I'm not entirely sure though.

 

[Ahruk]

All coral sting/have toxins to help them fight off other corals, take over more space and I imagine keep themselves from being eaten. Clownfish are naturally immune from the toxins of many anemone species where they naturally find their homes, the symbiotic relationship between clowns and anemones is called "hosting." In the absence of an anemone some clowns will host other coral or even inanimate objects. Probably the coolest thing I've seen is a clown hosting a feather duster. However, apparently they're not completely immune from the toxins of everything they chose to host although it does not seem to bother them from what I've witnessed. If anyone else knows more about it please feel free to chime in

Also you never ever want to treat your display tank with copper as it will leach into your rocks and make it so you potentially can't ever keep coral or inverts in the tank.

 

[Ahruk]

Oh but just because coral have "toxins" does not mean they're toxic to humans or will sting you (although some people do have allergic reactions-generally rashes to some corals).

 

[Tahoe61]

Is the the spot black or white? Black is most likely hypermelenization as mentioned already and occasionally black ich. But need a better image.

 

[xbrl001]

Well the good news is that one spot is gone, but I noticed three other white ovals on its pectoral fin. It's impossible to get a picture of it he's moving those fins way too quickly to get a clear shot.

I guess I'll just have to keep monitoring it and hope they go away/no more show up!