What is this disease?
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Hi, visual pictures are often not enough to be able to diagnose a fish disease. Off the cuff, I would say this is Brooklynella, but it could also be ich. A video helps (to see how the fish is swimming/breathing). Also, background information is vital - how long have you have had the fish, etc. This post explains all that:
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Hi
Temp 24.9
ALK 9.1dkh
Salinity 1.023
Nitrate 0-2 ppm (redd sea)
Po4 = undetectabel (salifer)
had the fish for a few weeks. so similar signs at the start, they eat well and behave normally. except Roayal G, who after a week rubbed against the sandbed, has not seen it since, and sees no signs that that fish has an illness.
tank is 10 mount old.
had ich or velvet previously, all the fish then died quite quickly. have left the aquarium empty for about 75 days before introducing 3 new fish. everyone went through safty stop quick quarantine
Temp 24.9
ALK 9.1dkh
Salinity 1.023
Nitrate 0-2 ppm (redd sea)
Po4 = undetectabel (salifer)
had the fish for a few weeks. so similar signs at the start, they eat well and behave normally. except Roayal G, who after a week rubbed against the sandbed, has not seen it since, and sees no signs that that fish has an illness.
tank is 10 mount old.
had ich or velvet previously, all the fish then died quite quickly. have left the aquarium empty for about 75 days before introducing 3 new fish. everyone went through safty stop quick quarantine
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Safety Stop is not a complete quarantine process, it may have let a protozoan through. the royal gramma may have had flukes, the scratching is a main symptom of that.
A video is important in this case. Linking to Youtube works for some folks.
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That clownfish has marine ich. Your best option isn't an easy one: move all of the fish to a treatment tank and treat them with coppersafe, then leave them out of the display tank for 60 days.
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Thx! @Jay Hemdal
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curious, is this ICH? sees some of them on the glass (guess they are way to big)
That is for certain not ich, you would not see that with the naked eye.
Most likely, these are flatworms, possibly of the genus Convolutriloba, based on the notched end that two of them show. Some of these can be pests of corals, but they are not fish parasites. You can siphon them out, and there are products that will kill them (but then, they can sometimes release toxins when they die).
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I have now added back one clownfish after QT and a period of a emty DT. Hoe long befour I can add the other fish from QT? I added som Dr tims one and only to.
I have a 64gal and 3 chromis i qt
I have a 64gal and 3 chromis i qt
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It depends on how well the Dr. Tim's works, and how much of that you add. Always monitor the ammonia levels in tnaks like this, for a week or so anyway.
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