Black spots on my clown fish

[xiaoyuliang]

Here are the two video from last night before the large one died. his color faded a bit and was still breathing heavily.

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[xiaoyuliang]

Before they died, I did a FW bath for 5 mins and saw three or four pieces of small flasks not sure if they were the parasite. And then it’s on the first dose of prazipro treatment.

 

[Saltyreef]

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Hi all both of my two clowns dead in the last two days I don’t think sting could kill my fish so quick. I’m sure there should be a parasite. Now I’m in the fishless phase for my tank. How long should I wait to make sure I kill all the parasite . And should I do some after change the water is kind of cloudy now. Do I dose any addictive to help clean the water? Seems like all my invertebrates are fine( peppermint shrimp, hermit crab, snail) but I’ll double check tonight.

Sorry to hear.

Normally a safe 90 day fallow period for any disease.

Tricky with other orgsnisms in the tank.

Keep an eye on the nutrients.

 

[xiaoyuliang]

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Sorry to hear.

Normally a safe 90 day fallow period for any disease.

Tricky with other orgsnisms in the tank.

Keep an eye on the nutrients.

Do you mean it’s tricky for them to live through those 90 days? I also had some corals in it. Do I need to feed them to keep up the nutrients?

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

Maybe this was black ich? Were the spots raised? Or the same texture as the rest of their body? I think black ich is usually seen in tangs but they have been reported in many other species.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Before they died, I did a FW bath for 5 mins and saw three or four pieces of small flasks not sure if they were the parasite. And then it’s on the first dose of prazipro treatment.

As mentioned, FW dip will stress them further. If the organisms looked like sesame seeds or fish scales- Those would be flukes.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

The one closest to the tail looks like a sore/defect in the skin. Possibly from some parasite. Do you have other full body images of both fish for both sides of the fish? This may be helpful.

 

[Saltyreef]

Do you mean it’s tricky for them to live through those 90 days? I also had some corals in it. Do I need to feed them to keep up the nutrients?

The coral has a harder time without waste from fish.

Keep the tank fed and no new additions for 90 days and you will be disease free for the most part

 

[xiaoyuliang]

The coral has a harder time without waste from fish.

Keep the tank fed and no new additions for 90 days and you will be disease free for the most part

I’ll try to feed my invertebrates and generate some waste and feed corals with reef roid too.

 

[xiaoyuliang]

The one closest to the tail looks like a sore/defect in the skin. Possibly from some parasite. Do you have other full body images of both fish for both sides of the fish? This may be helpful.

I don’t have the other side now and I already buried the small one here is a photo when I first noticed those black dots

 

[Sharkbait19]

The black dots are stings from the host coral, something else killed the fish.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

The black dots are stings from the host coral, something else killed the fish.

Yeah I agree the picture OP just posted looks like clownfish hypermelanization but what about the post-mortem picture, doesn't that spot close to the tail look more like a lesion and not just pigmentation?

 

[xiaoyuliang]

Yeah I agree the picture OP just posted looks like clownfish hypermelanization but what about the post-mortem picture, doesn't that spot close to the tail look more like a lesion and not just pigmentation?

Could you see anything from the gill that's concerning?

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

Could you see anything from the grill that's concerning?

I am not an expert and am not familiar with gill pathologies.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Yeah I agree the picture OP just posted looks like clownfish hypermelanization but what about the post-mortem picture, doesn't that spot close to the tail look more like a lesion and not just pigmentation?

It might be, but it’s hard to say.