Clownfish disease ID help

[GJMAN]

Can someone help me ID this disease? I noticed a spot on this guys fin a few weeks ago but didn’t think it was anything until I saw this today.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can someone help me ID this disease? I noticed a spot on this guys fin a few weeks ago but didn’t think it was anything until I saw this today.

Pic fuzzy but looks like a bacterial issue but can also be associated with brooklynella but need clearer pic to confirm

 

[MnFish1]

Can you give some more information? How old is the clown, any other symptoms (breathing, etc), any other fish sick?, was it quarantined? Can you point out the 'spot on the fin'? (if you can take a new picture)?

 

[GJMAN]

Clownfish is about 1.5 years old, has been in the tank for over year. Accepting pellets though only a few at a time and then backs off (usually gets as many as possible), breathing seems normal. He’s the only fish in the tank since the Diamond goby jumped out… goby was recently introduced without quarantine.



Hopefully the YouTube video isn’t blurry. If you zoom in on this photo you can see that his fin is translucent.

 

[GJMAN]

See the violent flashing he’s doing. I did a FW dip hoping it would go away but 15 minutes later he’s clearly still very bothered by whatever it is.

Any advice? Seems to be happening fast. I dosed ruby rally pro to the tank, I own metro, a peroxide salt and prazi as well. No qt.

Can I do a high dose ruby bath? Or metro bath?

 

[GJMAN]

#fishmedic

Also sorry I couldn’t get clearer pics. I took hundreds but he moves too fast

 

[fishguy242]

#fishmedic

 

[Jay Hemdal]

#fishmedic

Also sorry I couldn’t get clearer pics. I took hundreds but he moves too fast

The skin lesions look like mechanical damage, but I can't account for that because it is the only fish in the tank.

Black clown show up ANY skin mucus quite clearly due to the color contrast. These spots might not even be visible on a white/orange clown.

In the video, the spastic movement could be due to flukes. Those in turn can cause mild skin mucus due to irritation.

How long was the freshwater dip? Those can provide temporary relief, but that is not immediate, it takes about 24 hours for the skin to recover if there were flukes.

 

[GJMAN]

The skin lesions look like mechanical damage, but I can't account for that because it is the only fish in the tank.

Black clown show up ANY skin mucus quite clearly due to the color contrast. These spots might not even be visible on a white/orange clown.

In the video, the spastic movement could be due to flukes. Those in turn can cause mild skin mucus due to irritation.

How long was the freshwater dip? Those can provide temporary relief, but that is not immediate, it takes about 24 hours for the skin to recover if there were flukes.

FW dip was 5 min. That should’ve gotten the flukes temporarily no? Just 15 minutes after the FW dip he was still spasming

And yeah I see no mucus or slime, just the damage.

 

[GJMAN]

Also he is no longer accepting food. Definitely has something, not mechanical damage.

is a Ruby rally or peroxide bath a good idea?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Also he is no longer accepting food. Definitely has something, not mechanical damage.

is a Ruby rally or peroxide bath a good idea?

Ruby Reef Rally pro would be a better option of the two, using peroxide properly really requires a test strip to monitor it.

 

[GJMAN]

Finally some decent photos. Do these help? As you can see there are no white “specks” on his body. Also no mucus. With the naked eye I can see mild discoloration on his gills similar looking to the ones on his tail.

 

[MnFish1]

hang loose - watch for turtler issue

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Finally some decent photos. Do these help? As you can see there are no white “specks” on his body. Also no mucus. With the naked eye I can see mild discoloration on his gills similar looking to the ones on his tail.

Wow - that still looks 100% like mechanical damage. I can't see what you mention about the gill issues, but then, photos don't always show us what we need to see.