Brook

[carpetlover]

Help! Are the white spots on my oc clownfish brook? If it isn’t, will it spread to my golden maroon?

 

[Idoc]

Can you please post pics with white lights? It's too hard to see anything with detail with the blue lights.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can you take some pictures under white light? The blue obscures the details. It doesn’t appear to be Brooklynella, if the fish is breathing hard/fast it is likely velvet, if not, it is probably ich. In all three cases, transfer to other clowns is likely.
Jay

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Agree, hard to see with blue lights.

 

[carpetlover]

Can you take some pictures under white light? The blue obscures the details. It doesn’t appear to be Brooklynella, if the fish is breathing hard/fast it is likely velvet, if not, it is probably ich. In all three cases, transfer to other clowns is likely.
Jay

Not sure if it’s noticeable under whites

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Still can't really make out details - photographing fish is tough, I know.

What I can see in the video is the clownfish is breathing moderately fast, and I can see white spots that could be ich. Brooklynella usually looks more like peeling mucus sheets. Can you see any of the spots on the fins themselves? If so, then it is probably ich. If no spots on the fins, then still could be Brook.

Sometimes, a diagnosis just cannot be made from a picture, but at this point, I think you need to consider a treatment. Do you have a treatment tank available? If not, you may be pretty limited to what you can use in your main tank.

Jay