Is this itch

[shivram]

Can you please tell me what is happening to my new Clown fish

 

[EmdeReef]

Likely brooklynella:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

 

[Dom]

The appearance of the white, powdery looking area is an indication of Broolkynella.

 

[JerseyClowns]

The appearance of the white, powdery looking area is an indication of Broolkynella.

Can you please tell me what is happening to my new Clown fish

This looks like Broolkynella, also called Velvet.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Bacterial - Brookynella +1

 

[rkpetersen]

This looks like Broolkynella, also called Velvet.

Two different diseases. This very much looks like brook, aka clownfish disease, and not velvet.
Also not bacterial; brook is a multicellular parasite.
Treatment needs to begin quickly.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

 

[Dom]

Two different diseases. This very much looks like brook, aka clownfish disease, and not velvet.
Also not bacterial; brook is a multicellular parasite.
Treatment needs to begin quickly.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

Thank you for clearing that up. This was the first time I've read Brook and Velvet used interchangeably. But they are two different diseases; aren't they?

 

[Hemmdog]

Thank you for clearing that up. This was the first time I've read Brook and Velvet used interchangeably. But they are two different diseases; aren't they?

Yes

 

[Dom]

Yes

Tank you.
(get it?)

 

[Durandal]

This is why we should all have a bottle of ruby reef rally on the shelf, just in case.

There is no time for amazon to get it to you when you need it, and no LFS I have been in sells it.

 

[Jon Fishman]

This is why we should all have a bottle of ruby reef rally on the shelf, just in case.

There is no time for amazon to get it to you when you need it, and no LFS I have been in sells it.

What's the overall thoughts on this stuff? I figured "Better order some" and looked it up on Amazon.... seems like pretty mediocre reviews..... is it really a "Must Have" ?

 

[Durandal]

Other medicated baths containing formalin or other aldehydes serve the same purpose, curing brook and buying you time to treat velvet with CP. I figure the acriflavine, which may be beneficial, can't hurt. The formalin is the real heavy lifter here.

I keep CP and reef rally on hand so that in the brief window between presentation and death of either of the fast killing ecto-parasites, I am ready.

Here are posts by someone with more authority then me on this subject:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/