Ich in clownfish?

[ThirdDegreeSideburns]

Noticed these dots on my clownfish today. They aren't very apparent in the white light but are very noticeable in the blue light. It's a 16 gallon reef tank. The tank is rather new. I've only had it for a couple months and I added the fish roughly a month ago, after the tank was fully cycled. Other tank inhabitants include 1 other clownfish, a yellow watchman goby, a fire shrimp, and some snails/hermit crabs. Ammonia is 0ppm, nitrates are 5ppm, and nitrites are 0ppm. Water temp is 77°F. The clownfish keeps swimming into the flow from the pump and hiding under my chalice coral, but doesn't seem to be rubbing up against anything. The other two fish are behaving normally and do not appear to have any of these dots on them. Apologies for the poor camera quality; I think the video shows the spots the best. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Noticed these dots on my clownfish today. They aren't very apparent in the white light but are very noticeable in the blue light. It's a 16 gallon reef tank. The tank is rather new. I've only had it for a couple months and I added the fish roughly a month ago, after the tank was fully cycled. Other tank inhabitants include 1 other clownfish, a yellow watchman goby, a fire shrimp, and some snails/hermit crabs. Ammonia is 0ppm, nitrates are 5ppm, and nitrites are 0ppm. Water temp is 77°F. The clownfish keeps swimming into the flow from the pump and hiding under my chalice coral, but doesn't seem to be rubbing up against anything. The other two fish are behaving normally and do not appear to have any of these dots on them. Apologies for the poor camera quality; I think the video shows the spots the best. Thanks in advance for any help!

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Your clown does have an external protozoan infection, but I can’t see if it is Brooklynella or ich. These require two different treatments, so an accurate diagnosis is vital.

Can you try to get clearer photos and video, taken under white lights?

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Noticed these dots on my clownfish today. They aren't very apparent in the white light but are very noticeable in the blue light. It's a 16 gallon reef tank. The tank is rather new. I've only had it for a couple months and I added the fish roughly a month ago, after the tank was fully cycled. Other tank inhabitants include 1 other clownfish, a yellow watchman goby, a fire shrimp, and some snails/hermit crabs. Ammonia is 0ppm, nitrates are 5ppm, and nitrites are 0ppm. Water temp is 77°F. The clownfish keeps swimming into the flow from the pump and hiding under my chalice coral, but doesn't seem to be rubbing up against anything. The other two fish are behaving normally and do not appear to have any of these dots on them. Apologies for the poor camera quality; I think the video shows the spots the best. Thanks in advance for any help!

Need video under brighter white light intensity - no blue and it appears from what I can see, a little too much turbulence from water current as the clowns appear to be struggling to swim normal. Preliminarily it appears to be bacterial lesions associated with brooklynella but not confirmed

 

[ThirdDegreeSideburns]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Your clown does have an external protozoan infection, but I can’t see if it is Brooklynella or ich. These require two different treatments, so an accurate diagnosis is vital.

Can you try to get clearer photos and video, taken under white lights?

Jay

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately the little dude didn't make it :( Woke up this morning as soon as my LFS opened to grab something to help him, and found him like this. I'm keeping a close eye on the other clownfish and the goby, but so far their behavior and appearance both seem normal.

 

[ThirdDegreeSideburns]

Need video under brighter white light intensity - no blue and it appears from what I can see, a little too much turbulence from water current as the clowns appear to be struggling to swim normal. Preliminarily it appears to be bacterial lesions associated with brooklynella but not confirmed

Thank you for the advice. I've turned down the flow a bit. I also posted clearer photos in response to Jay.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately the little dude didn't make it :( Woke up this morning as soon as my LFS opened to grab something to help him, and found him like this. I'm keeping a close eye on the other clownfish and the goby, but so far their behavior and appearance both seem normal.

Hard to tell with a dead carcass but fish appears thin and may have had brook, ich or both