|
|
|
10/17/2010, 12:30 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 155
|
Clownfish Disease
So my second clownfish is sick. Question my damsel looks fantastic can they not get this disease?
|
|
|
|
10/17/2010, 12:43 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Clay, Ny
Posts: 860
|
Is the damsel stressing out the clowns. what is the disease?
|
|
|
|
|
10/17/2010, 12:57 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 155
|
So when I first put the clownfish in (about a week ago) the damsel did bully a little for a day or two but since then no bullying. The cloenfish is very lathargic swimming at the surface and has a whitish film on his body very faint. I now have him in a QT tank.
|
|
|
|
|
10/17/2010, 01:19 PM
|
#4 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brunswick, Ohio
Posts: 3,306
|
I think you can do a freshwater dip as long as you match the ph to your tank. or you can use medications such as copper or malachite green. that is of course if it is brooklynella.
__________________
equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon |
|
|
|
|
10/17/2010, 10:20 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Orange County CA
Posts: 3,819
|
Copper doesn't kill brooklynella. You need formalin instead.
|
|
|
|
|
10/17/2010, 11:23 PM
|
#6 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Albany, Oregon
Posts: 1,117
|
Quote:
Good luck.
__________________
This really isn't rocket science - it's more like marine biology. Current tank info: 180 gallon AGA, 40 gallon custom sump, AquaC EV240 skimmer, PM calc reactor, 3x 250w DIY MH, PCI CL-650 Chiller, 2x Koralia 4's, 2x Koralia 2's |
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 12:31 AM
|
#7 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,041
|
Brooks is very fast acting. Hope you treat him soon and good luck!
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 08:16 AM
|
#8 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Posts: 4,452
|
Quote:
As mentioned before, formalin is what is necessary to treat the fish, and it needs be done in a QT. After that, the tank should stay fishless (fallow) for a couple of weeks to allow the parasite to cycle out so you don't have to deal with that nasty stuff again. |
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 08:27 AM
|
#9 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 303
|
Sounds like Brook and as stated before formalin is the only treatment that's been known to cure it. Do a search under the disease forum for it or for my name and you'll find all the info I could dig up when I was going thru it. This can't be stated enough: It acts fast! If you want to save your fish you have to attack it head on quickly.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 08:56 AM
|
#10 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Homosassa, Fl
Posts: 18
|
Brooklynella, is fast. I had a problem with it a year or so ago. As others have stated I used formalin, but most of the fish didn't make it. I'm sure there are other diseases that are as bad, but brooklynella is rough. Goodluck.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 09:07 AM
|
#11 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 155
|
Well, I acted but apparently not fast enough my clown died last night. So obviously I need to take the damsel out and treat even if he shows no signs? And also to let the parasite die off in my DT?
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 11:33 AM
|
#12 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 303
|
This is where it got confusing for me. When it hit my tank I had one false perc, a royal granma, a tail-spot blenny, and a flasher wrasse. I introduced a blk & white clown that I didn't QT that had it. The blk & white died within 24 hrs, my false perc 24 hrs after that, my royal granma went a day after that. The blenny and wrasse NEVER showed any signs of sickness. I introduced 2 new clowns some months later, of course these guys went into QT for 2 months. Till this day no signs whatsoever and this was back in '08. I'm still not sure if the blenny & wrasse were carriers that never showed symptoms or if they were unaffected.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 01:07 PM
|
#13 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,041
|
Sorry to hear that, Dbroncos. I would QT the rest of your fish from the display tank just in case.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 02:15 PM
|
#14 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Homosassa, Fl
Posts: 18
|
Dbroncos, hated to see the post on the clown. It was the same for me. By the time I figured out I had Brooklynella it was to late.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 02:23 PM
|
#15 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,041
|
I had a scare a few months ago. Now I keep the formalin and QT tank ready to go just in case.
|
|
|
|
|
10/18/2010, 03:50 PM
|
#16 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 155
|
Does the formalin work fast enough? Thanks everyone for you responses
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Are diseases like Ich or clownfish disease able to live on shrimp? | ryanMR2 | Fish Disease Treatment | 1 | 09/17/2008 05:34 PM |
| Clownfish disease? | hybridgenius | Fish Disease Treatment | 1 | 12/18/2007 02:39 PM |
| Possible clownfish disease question | fast94m | Fish Disease Treatment | 2 | 04/16/2007 01:55 PM |
| Clownfish disease? | REEFRHEAD | Fish Disease Treatment | 6 | 03/24/2007 12:28 AM |
| Clownfish Diseases | clownfish75 | The Fish Breeding Forum | 0 | 03/23/2006 03:23 AM |
