Sick clown

thirst · Mar 19, 2017

Is this fluke?

Thanks

Highgrade · Mar 19, 2017

Brook or velvet.

Humblefish · Mar 19, 2017

Highgrade said:
Brook or velvet.

+1 Probably brook: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

Is this a newly acquired clownfish?

thirst · Mar 20, 2017

It's been like this for 3 weeks. Some clowns are worse than others. My hippo tang has some symptoms. But all fish appear to be affected by it by are still eating

Highgrade · Mar 20, 2017

thirst said:
It's been like this for 3 weeks. Some clowns are worse than others. My hippo tang has some symptoms. But all fish appear to be affected by it by are still eating

Time to QT all fish and go fishless for some time. I see corals so no real treatment that is reef safe.

thirst · Mar 20, 2017

Thanks. It does seem like it is brook. Will herd up all the fish and qt.

Thank you

domination2580 · Mar 20, 2017

thirst said:
Thanks. It does seem like it is brook. Will herd up all the fish and qt.

Thank you

I would do a formalin bath if really really bad or a rally bath before you out in qt to relieve the fish a bit....depending on what you have. Then qt amd treat for it...metroplex should take care of it along with keeping infections at bay....if the eyes stay swelling up you can always use Epsom salt

bif24701 · Mar 20, 2017

thirst said:
Thanks. It does seem like it is brook. Will herd up all the fish and qt.

Thank you

I just dealt with this yesterday. My fish and clowns didn't make it. They made it through a 5 min FW dip and a 45 min Formalin dip then I transferred them all to a QT I had ready with copper and seemed fine for the 1/2 hour I watched them but I had to go to the store and when I came back 2 where dead and the other clown died shortly after. So you need to monitor them closely maybe have a bucket or something with fresh sea water ready to move them again if you see real problems that way you can act fast.

4FordFamily · Mar 20, 2017

Looks like brooklynella to me as well

melypr1985 · Mar 20, 2017

I agree with brook. Treat quickly and treat everybody.

thirst · Mar 24, 2017

I treated w 37% formalin at 1ml per gallon for 45 mins. The fish is now in fresh qt with freshly made water.

Should the mucous build up disappear immediately after treatment?

This is about 3 hours after treatment

Humblefish · Mar 24, 2017

thirst said:
I treated w 37% formalin at 1ml per gallon for 45 mins. The fish is now in fresh qt with freshly made water.

Should the mucous build up disappear immediately after treatment?

This is about 3 hours after treatment

Did the fish look "clean" immediately after treatment or did it still look like this?

thirst · Mar 24, 2017

Still looked like this

thirst · Mar 24, 2017

They looked less stressed and were eating in the qt.

Humblefish · Mar 24, 2017

I would treat with copper for 30 days + metronidazole (ex. Seachem Metroplex) for 10 days. That combination will cover all 4 external parasites: ich, velvet, brook, uronema.