What is this

[fishing2014]

My clown has something all over his coat. I'm not sure what it is or how I can treat it. My other clown died 4 days ago and had the same thing the day before he died.

 

[Waffo]

Mines was the same.. They both died along with my goby two days ago..

 

[Reefing Madness]

Hard to tell if thats a very bad case of Marine Ich, Marine Velvet or Brooklynella.
Im leaning towards severe case of Ich. Are the dots raised on his body?

 

[fishing2014]

No he is slick. It looks like he is shedding like a snake would do his skin.

 

[Waffo]

Is he diving down and hitting the sand bed? Mines were.

 

[skinz78]

Looks like Ich to me.

 

[fishing2014]

Yes he is hitting the sand bed.

 

[guidedbyechoes]

I would say velvet because my clown had that before and he didn't even last a week.

 

[fishing2014]

Is velvet caused by stress because of bad water condition.

 

[guidedbyechoes]

Is velvet caused by stress because of bad water condition.

That is not 100% accurate. Bad water conditions make it worse, but marine velvet is actually a parisite.
here is some information on it.
Marine Velvet Disease

 

[Waffo]

Thanks this is helpful

 

[Waffo]

If this parasite was in my tank does it remain in my water

 

[guidedbyechoes]

I believe they will be in the sand and will die off after a certain amount of time if left without any fish to feed on. It's basically like ich but more aggressive.

 

[Waffo]

Do you think it will affect my scooter blennie

 

[guidedbyechoes]

Do you think it will affect my scooter blennie

If it is one of the parasites listed above it's guarenteed. ich, velvet and brooklynella will cause issues if untreated. Copper seems to be the other thing that will take care of all three. But that obviously has to be done in a quarentine tank.

 

[Waffo]

Ok i see I'm gonna have to look for a treatment for him asap.. Thanks for your help on this