I noticed one of my clowns had some signs of his pelvic fin being nipped at, but I mistakenly thought this was from the female bullying him and establishing dominance..
A week or so later it looks like he’s losing coloration near his stomach, which looks like it’s turning transparent from his original black color. At the time, I thought this lack of coloration was due to him rubbing against the sand where he sleeps.
This was first noticed in late Feb and he was doing fine and acting normally up until yesterday when he suddenly passed away. He didn’t have a lack of appetite, was swimming fine, no rapid gill movements, and no white mucus coating, so I didn’t suspect it was brook until it was too late.
In hindsight, it was probably brooklynella but I’m not familiar at all with saltwater fish diseases nor am I super confident in my abilities to diagnose and treat my remaining clown.
This is what my clown (top one) looked like when I first noticed the pelvic fins and what I now believe to have been the white mucus:
The only medications I have on hand/access to are:
Kordon’s rid ich plus - which has around 11% formalin
Metronidazole capsules - got these from aliexpress so they feel like a gamble using them
Fritz coppersafe
Fritz maracyn
Nox ich
Ruby reef rally pro - Just ordered but hoping it’ll get through customs
I’ve spent some time on the forums to see how I should treat potential brook, but I’m worried I’m misdiagnosing and will do more harm than good if I’m incorrect. It’s also strange since I’ve read that once symptoms of brook arise, the affected fish tend to deteriorate quickly, but my clown seemed to be fine just until yesterday.
The remaining clown is fine in terms of physical health and behavior, and doesn’t have any fin damage or mucus from what I can readily see. I’m worried since I read Brook is very contagious and it’s suggested that whatever fish is exposed to it will likely get it inevitably so I’d like to get started on a hospital tank asap.
Any advice and input on this matter is immensely appreciated!
A week or so later it looks like he’s losing coloration near his stomach, which looks like it’s turning transparent from his original black color. At the time, I thought this lack of coloration was due to him rubbing against the sand where he sleeps.
This was first noticed in late Feb and he was doing fine and acting normally up until yesterday when he suddenly passed away. He didn’t have a lack of appetite, was swimming fine, no rapid gill movements, and no white mucus coating, so I didn’t suspect it was brook until it was too late.
In hindsight, it was probably brooklynella but I’m not familiar at all with saltwater fish diseases nor am I super confident in my abilities to diagnose and treat my remaining clown.
This is what my clown (top one) looked like when I first noticed the pelvic fins and what I now believe to have been the white mucus:
The only medications I have on hand/access to are:
Kordon’s rid ich plus - which has around 11% formalin
Metronidazole capsules - got these from aliexpress so they feel like a gamble using them
Fritz coppersafe
Fritz maracyn
Nox ich
Ruby reef rally pro - Just ordered but hoping it’ll get through customs
I’ve spent some time on the forums to see how I should treat potential brook, but I’m worried I’m misdiagnosing and will do more harm than good if I’m incorrect. It’s also strange since I’ve read that once symptoms of brook arise, the affected fish tend to deteriorate quickly, but my clown seemed to be fine just until yesterday.
The remaining clown is fine in terms of physical health and behavior, and doesn’t have any fin damage or mucus from what I can readily see. I’m worried since I read Brook is very contagious and it’s suggested that whatever fish is exposed to it will likely get it inevitably so I’d like to get started on a hospital tank asap.
Any advice and input on this matter is immensely appreciated!