Anyone ever dealt with clownfish disease?

[SkyShark]

Any ideas as to what caused the outbreak? Good luck on treatment.

 

[Nmertz1]

Yep, a new yellow tang I introduced premature. Only QT'd for 2 weeks

 

[zombie]

If one has ich, they all have ich. You will need to treat every fish and keep the tank fallow for 8 weeks. From the pic, it appears the clowns also have ich and not velvet. Fortunately, this means that you can do a hyposalinity treatment instead of copper, which is less damaging to the fish.

 

[Nmertz1]

View attachment 22066 zoom in on the male if you can

 

[High Plains Reefer]

I'm home and have a almost full and still good bottle of quick cure

Ken 303-8093-3934

 

[zombie]

The coloring is odd on the male for ich, but theres a very good chance that is what it is since the tang has white spots and the female looks like she has ich. If you are unsure whether it is ich or something else, you can play it safe and treat it like velvet. That treatment will be sucessful for any parasite.

 

[High Plains Reefer]

and yes that does look like ich not brook or velvet brrok and velvet look almost identical the whole fish will have a white fuzzy sheen to it on velvet it will seal the gills shut also so there is a way to tell brook from velvet although I don't know this for sure

 

[Nmertz1]

I'm home and have a almost full and still good bottle of quick cure

Ken 303-8093-3934

Looks like there is an extra digit in your number, I'll DM you

 

[Nmertz1]

Thanks everyone, I'll track the progression and keep everyone updated.

 

[jda123]

It looks like common ich. If it is ich, then the worst thing that you can do is something fast. Keep 'em well fed with garlic soaked pellets and it might take care if it's self... or mysis. Do you have any New Life Spectrum pellets? I would not waste a feeding opportunity on anything other than those two things.

If you don't have a QT that 100% ready, then rushing anything into one is almost certain death.

 

[Nmertz1]

I'm going with jda123 on this one, I don't want to rush into anything and stress them out even more. Lost a yellow tang this morning - not sure where my other tang is. I'm letting the clowns hang out tonight while I set up my QT. Right now all I have is a spare mp10, Kessil 150 and a 40 breeder. Will this suffice for a QT? View attachment 22091

 

[zombie]

You will also need a filter. A cheap hob or filter sponge will suffice.

 

[SkyShark]

Depending on what you are planning on medicating with, I probably wouldn't use the mp10.

 

[Miah2bzy]

Any updates?