What’s on my fish in the area right before the top fin?

[SinkyShippy]

 

[jsvand5]

How long have you had it?

 

[SinkyShippy]

How long have you had it?

A couple months

 

[Mjrenz]

Does it look kind of like the skin is sloughing off? It's hard to be certain from the pic. If that's what it looks like you're likely dealing with brooklynella

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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[SinkyShippy]

Does it look kind of like the skin is sloughing off? It's hard to be certain from the pic. If that's what it looks like you're likely dealing with brooklynella

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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I don’t know what formalin is. I can’t even find it.

 

[Ike]

Have you added any other fish since the clown was added?

 

[SinkyShippy]

Have you added any other fish since the clown was added?

I had a firefish in there for less than 24 hours before she literally jumped ship and killed herself

 

[Ike]

I had a firefish in there for less than 24 hours before she literally jumped ship and killed herself

Quarantined? Recently?

 

[SinkyShippy]

Quarantined? Recently?

Last Tuesday

 

[Mjrenz]

I don’t know what formalin is. I can’t even find it.

Personally I wouldn't recommend using formalin, it's a known carcinogen and usually shortens a fish's life even after recovering. Treating with a ruby reef rally bath and metronidazole is what I would do

 

[SinkyShippy]

Personally I wouldn't recommend using formalin, it's a known carcinogen and usually shortens a fish's life even after recovering. Treating with a ruby reef rally bath and metronidazole is what I would do

I ordered Rally. It’s coming in Tuesday if they don’t pass by then. Working on getting a QT 5 gallon bucket set up

 

[Mjrenz]

I ordered Rally. It’s coming in Tuesday if they don’t pass by then. Working on getting a QT 5 gallon bucket set up

A freshwater dip will help to provide some immediate relief and buy you some time

Freshwater Dip

Freshwater Dip What It Treats – Provides temporary relief for a wide range of diseases: 1) Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum) 2) Brooklynella hostilis 3) Uronema marinum 4) Flukes (Monogeneans) 5) Black Ich (Turbellarians) Can be used to confirm the presence of Flukes (see video...

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Before we settle on a diagnosis I'd like to get some more eyes on this just to be sure the consensus is brooklynella
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[Bleigh]

Has there been much change since 8? It looks like it could be the beggining stages of brook, or he may have just rubbed against some rocks. Hard to tell.

 

[SinkyShippy]

Has there been much change since 8? It looks like it could be the beggining stages of brook, or he may have just rubbed against some rocks. Hard to tell.

I haven’t noticed anything. My two clownfish are still swimming around like crazy.

 

[Bleigh]

How's his breathing? Can you tell if he's puffing his gills at all?

 

[SinkyShippy]

How's his breathing? Can you tell if he's puffing his gills at all?

I can’t really tell honestly.

 

[Bleigh]

I just noticed that the original post was yesterday. If it's brook, I would think he would be looking a little worse by now and perhaps gasping at the air. It tends to kill pretty quickly. Do you have a cleaner shrimp? Clowns do some weird things and tend to scratch themselves up pretty easily. Fingers crossed that's all it is.

 

[Bleigh]

I just noticed that the original post was yesterday. If it's brook, I would think he would be looking a little worse by now and perhaps gasping at the air. It tends to kill pretty quickly. Do you have a cleaner shrimp? Clowns do some weird things and tend to scratch themselves up pretty easily. Fingers crossed that's all it is.

hahah.... yesterday because it just hit midnight where I am. I'd still expect him to be looking a little worse and having more slime coming off....

 

[SinkyShippy]

I just noticed that the original post was yesterday. If it's brook, I would think he would be looking a little worse by now and perhaps gasping at the air. It tends to kill pretty quickly. Do you have a cleaner shrimp? Clowns do some weird things and tend to scratch themselves up pretty easily. Fingers crossed that's all it is.

I posted this about three hours ago. So far it doesn’t look like it’s spread or anything. I have cleaner shrimp. Two peppermint and two scarlet skunk.

 

[Bleigh]

I posted this about three hours ago. So far it doesn’t look like it’s spread or anything. I have cleaner shrimp. Two peppermint and two scarlet skunk.

My first clowns died of Brook. One died overnight and the other one looked fine that morning, he was dead within 4 hours or so. I'm not sure there's much you can do tonight. If he's still alive in the morning, he's either going to look terrible cause he has brook or about the same because it's not brook. Hopefully the cleaner shrimp will remove some of the dead tissue and speed the healing process even if it is brook.... Fingers crossed for your fishies. And I wish I had more info I could give. Sorry