Sick gobies

Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

Hello, I am new to saltwater. I started a 40 gallon breeder about 2 months ago. 4 days ago I got 3 yellow clown gobies and 2 green clown gobies. Yesterday I noticed all 5 had some kind of disease today they are dead. I have a pictures of one of them, can anyone help identify what is going on. Thank you

Big G · Dec 21, 2019

So sorry for your losses.

Let's see if we can help a bit.

Were the fish shipped to you or did you pick them up at your LFS?

The redness in the gill area could indicate an ammonia burn to the fish's gills. Do you have an ammonia alert badge in your tank?

Did you notice any symptoms before they passed? Like rapid or labored breathing? Hiding or swimming into powerhead flow?

Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

Thank you for responding, I have a seachem ammonia alert in my tank and it shows nothing. these fish were shipped from an online store. I acclimated them over an hour, doubled the water. The fish that were in the tank already seem fine, a dart fish, fire fish and clownfish.

Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

The green clowns I rarely saw but yesterday noticed they were covered with whatever this is. The yellow clowns were in my leather corals, nipping my Xenia’s,and resting on the sides of the tank. They seemed fine until yesterday, then they were all listless and clinging upside down on the sides of the tank. No heavy breathing or erratic swimming

Big G · Dec 21, 2019

It's a bit hard to see in the photos. Is the skin sloughing off of the fish?

Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

Yes, it appears to be sloughing off

Big G · Dec 21, 2019

There has been quite a bit of Brooklynella in the industry lately. It can be a very fast killer.

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

Hooboy, so I am probably going to loose all the fish. Can either of the treatments be used in the display tank with inverts and corals?

Kirstin · Dec 21, 2019

Yesterday I started dosing with Microbe-lift Herbtana and Artemis. Is this at all helpful or should I stop.

Big G · Dec 21, 2019

If it is Brook, the remaining fish will need to be treated via a medicated bath (highly recommend Ruby Reef Rally. Formalin is pretty nasty stuff) and then placed into a fresh sterile QT for observation.

The tank will need to go fallow for 6 weeks to starve out the parasites that may be free swimming in the water. Ok to leave inverts, corals, etc. just no fish in the display tank.

Also good to then treat the QT with Metro as an insurance policy 10-14 days.

Bleigh · Dec 21, 2019

I had my first losses to brook. It’s a rough one. I had to go fallow also. Now I do an observation tank before putting any fish into my dt. I don’t prophylactically treat. If I see anything of concern, I move to a hospital tank to treat. Seems to have worked out well, though I have pretty hardy fish. I did have a fish with brook in my last stocking and was able to remove from Observation and treat everyone there. The original one died, but all the other fish were fine. Fingers crossed for you!