White strings?

Pvtgloss · Feb 22, 2024

So we have two new baby clownfish from a reputable pre-quarantined source. They are in a new deskmate tank with no other fish or corals.
Today my daughter noticed "white shiny strings" hanging from them. I'm working out of town but she sent me some photos.
We feed them Fauna Marin Soft Clownfish pellets twice a day. We try to make sure each fish gets 2-3 pellets each feeding.
Could this be parasites?

vetteguy53081 · Feb 22, 2024

Pvtgloss said:
So we have two new baby clownfish from a reputable pre-quarantined source. They are in a new deskmate tank with no other fish or corals.
Today my daughter noticed "white shiny strings" hanging from them. I'm working out of town but she sent me some photos.
We feed them Fauna Marin Soft Clownfish pellets twice a day. We try to make sure each fish gets 2-3 pellets each feeding.
Could this be parasites?

Pics are dark and best under white light intensity but based on the density and weight of the fish, looks like excess mucus in the food and may be associated with what is fed.
I assume you are feeding Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp or both?

Pvtgloss · Feb 22, 2024

vetteguy53081 said:
Pics are dark and best under white light intensity but based on the density and weight of the fish, looks like excess mucus in the food and may be associated with what is fed.
I assume you are feeding Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp or both?

Nothing frozen. Just Fauna Marin Soft Clownfish pellets. I'll take gif pictures tomorrow when I get home.

MnFish1 · Feb 22, 2024

If the fish has recently changed from its other diet to yours - this can be an issue. More information would be helpful to me

Pvtgloss · Feb 22, 2024

MnFish1 said:
If the fish has recently changed from its other diet to yours - this can be an issue. More information would be helpful to me

They arrived about a 3-4 weeks ago from Dr reefs. The tank cycled for 87 days before they went in. They are the only livestock that's been in the tank. Tank is a deskmate florida. I've done one 50% WC so far. Planning on doing one every 2 weeks. They came in happy and eating right away. No changes in their environment. Sometimes I feed Dr Bassleer biofish pellets w/ garlic because the pellets are extremely small. Usual diet is the Fauna Marin soft pellets which are small but not as small as Dr Bassleer. We feed 2x a day. Try to make sure each one gets 2 pellets. 3 if it's Dr bassleer pellets. I'm trying to think of more info, there's just not much to the situation since it's a new tank and they are brand new.