Clownfish disease help ASAP Please

[smmarano]

I don’t know what happened, fish eyes are now cloudy and underneath whiting with a pale coat. I did some research and I believe it’s brook disease but I’m not 100% sure and even if it is, it’s 12:38 am and nothing is open what can I do? And is this the disease I’m looking at? Please help, thank you in advance.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics are fuzzy but may be bacterial opposed to brook as you mentioned in a different posting
Please provide clearer pics and even videos

 

[smmarano]

Pics are fuzzy but may be bacterial opposed to brook as you mentioned in a different posting
Please provide clearer pics and even videos

I was unable to get any clearer photos as that’s how he kept moving the whole time. Maybe these can help

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can’t see much
Brook symptoms are loss of color, rapid breathing, mucus around the face, loss of appetite, lethargic behavior and inflamed gills

 

[fishywishy]

When I wake my clownfish up in the night their eyes are always cloudy and they are sort of pale, that might be what is going on since you said it’s 12am. Videos aren’t working maybe post a video on YouTube

 

[smmarano]

When I wake my clownfish up in the night their eyes are always cloudy and they are sort of pale, that might be what is going on since you said it’s 12am. Videos aren’t working maybe post a video on YouTube

February 18, 2023

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The darker video with him less active is more current, but he was doing that last night. And it might be harder to see but the bottom of body up to his mouth is a pale almost white color (especially his stomach, but this could be food but I’ve never seen his stomach like that with food?) and he usually is an active swimmer (funny lol) but not in an irriatic fashion.

 

[smmarano]

Can’t see much
Brook symptoms are loss of color, rapid breathing, mucus around the face, loss of appetite, lethargic behavior and inflamed gills

he has loss of color just in the bottom aspect like a line from his fin to face, and erratic movements. I know it’s not all the signs, but I don’t want it to progress to the signs making it too late if that makes sense?

 

[fishywishy]

he has loss of color just in the bottom aspect like a line from his fin to face, and erratic movements. I know it’s not all the signs, but I don’t want it to progress to the signs making it too late if that makes sense?

Do you have any lights on your tank? If so turn them on then take a picture because he still looks perfectly fine to me. he doesn’t have any symptoms of brook, velvet or ich which are the worst ones, is he eating?

 

[jabberwock]

How old is the tank, what are your parameters?

 

[smmarano]

Do you have any lights on your tank? If so turn them on then take a picture because he still looks perfectly fine to me. he doesn’t have any symptoms of brook, velvet or ich which are the worst ones, is he eating?

He looks fine now, this morning he started to look normal again and he is eating, I don’t know why he looked like how he did at night, he usually doesn’t. But I’m assuming he’s fine now as all these diseases are not self limiting like that

 

[Shawaiz_106]

Agree on not Brook, although when I was newly back. I did have a pair of clowns that showed almost exact same symptoms. They would sometimes change back to normal. Sometimes their faces were almost White and rapid swimming, They became lethargic. I talked to my lfs and they took the clowns back just incase.
Curious to see if it was something serious

 

[smmarano]

Agree on not Brook, although when I was newly back. I did have a pair of clowns that showed almost exact same symptoms. They would sometimes change back to normal. Sometimes their faces were almost White and rapid swimming, They became lethargic. I talked to my lfs and they took the clowns back just incase.
Curious to see if it was something serious

if you didn’t take them back did you think they’d be fine? I feel like I should be good, I have a UV sterilizer, cleaner shrimp, and only 3 fish, with relatively good parameters. do you think I would be good keeping them or was there another reason you took yours back?

 

[fishywishy]

He looks fine now, this morning he started to look normal again and he is eating, I don’t know why he looked like how he did at night, he usually doesn’t. But I’m assuming he’s fine now as all these diseases are not self limiting like that

My clownfish would always do weird stuff at night like that, if they stop eating and become lethargic then there might be something wrong but if nothing happens i think they are fish just doing weird fish things.

 

[smmarano]

My clownfish would always do weird stuff at night like that, if they stop eating and become lethargic then there might be something wrong but if nothing happens i think they are fish just doing weird fish things.

Hmm thank you, I think it could’ve also been me not seeing them like I usually do at night and stressing extra over the fact I added another fish to the tank so it could’ve been stress induced.

 

[Shawaiz_106]

if you didn’t take them back did you think they’d be fine? I feel like I should be good, I have a UV sterilizer, cleaner shrimp, and only 3 fish, with relatively good parameters. do you think I would be good keeping them or was there another reason you took yours back?

Not really sure tbh, for me they were small and weren't really eating aswell and that was the main concern. Should be fine for you if they're eating. For me they seemed to go pale if I turned on lights at night or they seemed stressed.

 

[Idech]

He looks fine now, this morning he started to look normal again and he is eating, I don’t know why he looked like how he did at night, he usually doesn’t. But I’m assuming he’s fine now as all these diseases are not self limiting like that

How long have you had the clown ? To me it looks like unusual behavior and swimming almost upright is not normal.

Did you suddenly turn on the light to film ? If so you might have startled it, same as you would be if someone came in your room while you’re sleeping and stuck a flashlight in your face. The fish looks distressed.

 

[fishywishy]

Hmm thank you, I think it could’ve also been me not seeing them like I usually do at night and stressing extra over the fact I added another fish to the tank so it could’ve been stress induced.

Btw it’s recommended that you quarantine your fish, I ignored what people were saying and all my fish died, so I would buy fish from places that quarantine their fish or set up a tiny quarantine tank somewhere.

 

[jabberwock]

Btw Your supposed to quarantine your fish, I ignored what people were saying and all my fish died, so I would buy fish from places that quarantine their fish or set up a tiny quarantine tank somewhere.

Quarantine is a choice each person gets to make. Lots of people do not quarantine.

 

[fishywishy]

Quarantine is a choice each person gets to make. Lots of people do not quarantine.

I know thats why I said its recommended to not have to.

 

[smmarano]

I know thats why I said its recommended to not have to.

I’m in the process of setting one up, but as of right now everything I have is captive bred and besides the clowns which I’ve had for months. The new fish was delivered straight from the captive bredder. I know biota has strict protocols which is why I was comfortable not waiting for this one, and in the future I’ll most likely wait even under the same circumstances just I haven’t had the time to set up the tank yet.