Clown fish has something

[geoffreyllecroix]

Hi, so I’ve been buying some Petco fish when I buy them from the store they look healthy and nice when I put them in my tank they start to get this white spot disease. I’m not sure if it is thick or velvet or Brooklynella . My wild caught fish will get a couple spots, but then they would kick the disease and my wild caught fish are doing just fine and they’re not catching what these fish have been catching. I have a flame angel that died, but it didn’t affect my wild caught fish and it’s been weeks so I’m not thinking it’s velvet either way I need to invest in a quarantine tank, but here’s a picture of my clown. Guys try and guess or point me in the right direction of what this could be.

 

[Crabs McJones]

#fishmedics looks like ich, possibly brook. I'll tag the experts :)

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

#fishmedics looks like ich, possibly brook. I'll tag the experts :)

Thanks

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Looks like ich.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Do you have a qt tank? I would start moving your fish out of your DT and move them into a qt tank for 30 days

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

#fishmedics looks like ich, possibly brook. I'll tag the experts :)

The white spots are all over his body even on his eye

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

The white spots are all over his body even on his eye

Either way you need to get them into quarantine with meds.

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

Do you have a qt tank? I would start moving your fish out of your DT and move them into a qt tank for 30 days

I don’t have a quarantine tank. That’s the next thing I am gonna get . I only have two clown fish

Either way you need to get them into quarantine with meds.

and one sergeant major that has passed thought whatever these guys are going through the rest is all inverts

 

[Sophie"s mom]

You need either @Jay Hemdal or @vetteguy53081 Definitely looks like either ich or Brook.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

You can treat your display tank but it’s not ideal not easy. All you need for a quarantine tank is a 10 gallon tank, a sponge filter, heater, piece of pvc for them to hide in, medication (copper power), Hanna test kit, something you block the top so they won’t jump out.

You can probably acquire everything for $100 bucks. If it’s brook then you just add Metroplex. Partial water charges every other day to keep ammonia down.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi, so I’ve been buying some Petco fish when I buy them from the store they look healthy and nice when I put them in my tank they start to get this white spot disease. I’m not sure if it is thick or velvet or Brooklynella . My wild caught fish will get a couple spots, but then they would kick the disease and my wild caught fish are doing just fine and they’re not catching what these fish have been catching. I have a flame angel that died, but it didn’t affect my wild caught fish and it’s been weeks so I’m not thinking it’s velvet either way I need to invest in a quarantine tank, but here’s a picture of my clown. Guys try and guess or point me in the right direction of what this could be.

Looks to be secondary bacterial lesions but before proceeding, can you furnish a video of at least 20 seconds under Bright White light intensity - No blue?
Would like to see the breathing and appearance a little clearer
Do not use Metroplex for brook which has to be used precisely and by weight.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Metroplex does nothing to treat brooklynella.

This looks like late stage ich, where the spots start to blend together and can look similar to brook.
The most effective treatment would be to move all fish out of the display and into a qt tank, and treat them with copper (copper power or coppersafe at 2.25 ppm) for 30 days, making sure to leave the display tank fishless for 60 days. And be sure to quarantine all new fish, especially from a petco.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Metroplex does nothing to treat brooklynella.

This looks like late stage ich, where the spots start to blend together and can look similar to brook.
The most effective treatment would be to move all fish out of the display and into a qt tank, and treat them with copper (copper power or coppersafe at 2.25 ppm) for 30 days, making sure to leave the display tank fishless for 60 days. And be sure to quarantine all new fish, especially from a petco.

What treats Brook?

 

[vetteguy53081]

What treats Brook?

Formalin based meds and Ruby Rally Pro.

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

Looks to be secondary bacterial lesions but before proceeding, can you furnish a video of at least 20 seconds under Bright White light intensity - No blue?
Would like to see the breathing and appearance a little clearer
Do not use Metroplex for brook which has to be used precisely and by weight.

This picture was taken with no lights on just the flash of my camera. I ended up putting them in a fresh water dip for two minutes with a little bit of the metroplex inside to see if that would do anything and mostly all the dots fell and he is still looking a little lethargic, but shows some interest in food so based on the freshwater dip and a lot of the things falling off, it’s gotta be ich I’m thinking ?

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

Metroplex does nothing to treat brooklynella.

This looks like late stage ich, where the spots start to blend together and can look similar to brook.
The most effective treatment would be to move all fish out of the display and into a qt tank, and treat them with copper (copper power or coppersafe at 2.25 ppm) for 30 days, making sure to leave the display tank fishless for 60 days. And be sure to quarantine all new fish, especially from a petco.

I ended up putting them in a freshwater bath dip with a little Metroplex mix inside to see if that would do anything and when I put them back into the tank almost immediately 80% of those little white dots were gone he still is a little lethargic, but still shows some interest in food I’m thinking what parasite infection would fall off in the event of a bath of freshwater.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This picture was taken with no lights on just the flash of my camera. I ended up putting them in a fresh water dip for two minutes with a little bit of the metroplex inside to see if that would do anything and mostly all the dots fell and he is still looking a little lethargic, but shows some interest in food so based on the freshwater dip and a lot of the things falling off, it’s gotta be ich I’m thinking ?

Ich wont fall off but flukes will. Two minutes is barely enough time to eradicate anything and be cautious with metro which should be applied by weight and Only when absolutely needed. Clowns who spend time on bottom of tank have been known to attract sand on their heavily slimed bodies and can be sand

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

Ich wont fall off but flukes will. Two minutes is barely enough time to eradicate anything and be cautious with metro which should be applied by weight and Only when absolutely needed. Clowns who spend time on bottom of tank have been known to attract sand on their heavily slimed bodies and can be sand

 

[geoffreyllecroix]

Well, I noticed it was a few spots and then it kind of just grew and then the next morning it was a lot and my other clown fish didn’t have any on him so I’m not thinking it’s sand. Hopefully it is but I won’t be giving him any more Metroplex and maybe just see if they ride it out

 

[vetteguy53081]

Well, I noticed it was a few spots and then it kind of just grew and then the next morning it was a lot and my other clown fish didn’t have any on him so I’m not thinking it’s sand. Hopefully it is but I won’t be giving him any more Metroplex and maybe just see if they ride it out

If ich, dots will increase in both number and location on fish every 24 hours.