need urgent help with black percula

fish are life · 08/29/2006, 10:55 PM

i baught one and was doing awsome when all of a sudden he is hiding all the time and has a gray slime looking thing on his skin, he also hasnt eaten since this occured.

redvipe2010 · 08/29/2006, 11:03 PM

not sure what it is, but do you have him in quarantine yet? Do you have a pic? is it like a parasite?

fish are life · 08/29/2006, 11:13 PM

no i dont have a QT tank set up, i havnt has the need for it yet. and no my scanner is down i couldnt get pick up, i believe it is a parasite, at first i thought he was stressed and lost his color but no i see the black is hiding under the gray and he is still swimming around but hiding and not eating.

redvipe2010 · 08/29/2006, 11:16 PM

Ok, I've never tried this before, but I've read many times to do a fresh water dip. Match the PH and the temp, and in a few minutes it should come off.

redvipe2010 · 08/29/2006, 11:16 PM

Oh, make sure there is no chlorine in the water too. Are you using tap water, RO/DI, or RO?

fish are life · 08/29/2006, 11:22 PM

well i do fresh water dips at my work regularly, sometimes it works sometimes is kills the fish, i do treat the water first and leave them in for about 5-7 mins, gosh if i do i have about 200lbs of lr to get out.

redvipe2010 · 08/29/2006, 11:34 PM

I don't know what else to do. Maybe someone else will chime in. I strongly suggest getting a quarantine tank. 10 gallon is all you need, and it's well worth it.

fish are life · 08/29/2006, 11:47 PM

ya i know i have a 20 lying around but now i dont have the $ to set it up

Ooulophilia · 08/30/2006, 12:03 AM

it has brookanella, fairly common (known as clownfish disease). Fairly hard to treat if this advanced, but I would recommend a series of formalin dips (there is a thread bookmarked on the fish diseases forum, check it out).
FW dips end up being detrimental on clowns with brook.

Steven Pro · 08/30/2006, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ooulophilia
it has brookanella, fairly common (known as clownfish disease). Fairly hard to treat if this advanced, but I would recommend a series of formalin dips (there is a thread bookmarked on the fish diseases forum, check it out).
FW dips end up being detrimental on clowns with brook.

I agree. This is more than likely a Brooklynella infestation. I would treat it with formalin baths. See here for more information
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...oklynella.html

redvipe2010 · 08/30/2006, 10:03 PM

I went back and read the section on freshwater dips in the book Clownfishes, by Joyce Wilkerson, it says that fresh water dips can be used for Brooklynella. It also says that Formalin can be used. So is the freshwater dips for Brooklynella out dated information now? Or are you saying that it is too far advanced for freshwater dips at this point? If it's out dated information, I'd like to make a note in this book. Thanks!

redvipe2010 · 08/30/2006, 10:03 PM

I went back and read the section on freshwater dips in the book Clownfishes, by Joyce Wilkerson, it says that fresh water dips can be used for Brooklynella. It also says that Formalin can be used. So is the freshwater dips for Brooklynella out dated information now? Or are you saying that it is too far advanced for freshwater dips at this point? If it's out dated information, I'd like to make a note in this book. Thanks!

Steven Pro · 08/31/2006, 04:24 AM

Formalin baths are the better of the two treatments for this ailment.

08/29/2006, 10:55 PM	#1
fish are life Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: tucson AZ Posts: 171	need urgent help with black percula i baught one and was doing awsome when all of a sudden he is hiding all the time and has a gray slime looking thing on his skin, he also hasnt eaten since this occured.

08/31/2006, 04:24 AM	#13
Steven Pro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 9,376	Formalin baths are the better of the two treatments for this ailment. __________________ Steven Pro, yep that is my real name. Current Tank Info: Twelve 600 gallon tubs located in a greenhouse

08/29/2006, 11:03 PM	#2
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	not sure what it is, but do you have him in quarantine yet? Do you have a pic? is it like a parasite?

08/29/2006, 11:13 PM	#3
fish are life Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: tucson AZ Posts: 171	no i dont have a QT tank set up, i havnt has the need for it yet. and no my scanner is down i couldnt get pick up, i believe it is a parasite, at first i thought he was stressed and lost his color but no i see the black is hiding under the gray and he is still swimming around but hiding and not eating.

08/29/2006, 11:16 PM	#4
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	Ok, I've never tried this before, but I've read many times to do a fresh water dip. Match the PH and the temp, and in a few minutes it should come off.

08/29/2006, 11:22 PM	#6
fish are life Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: tucson AZ Posts: 171	well i do fresh water dips at my work regularly, sometimes it works sometimes is kills the fish, i do treat the water first and leave them in for about 5-7 mins, gosh if i do i have about 200lbs of lr to get out.

08/29/2006, 11:34 PM	#7
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	I don't know what else to do. Maybe someone else will chime in. I strongly suggest getting a quarantine tank. 10 gallon is all you need, and it's well worth it.

08/29/2006, 11:47 PM	#8
fish are life Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: tucson AZ Posts: 171	ya i know i have a 20 lying around but now i dont have the $ to set it up

08/30/2006, 12:03 AM	#9
Ooulophilia Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Norcal Posts: 482	it has brookanella, fairly common (known as clownfish disease). Fairly hard to treat if this advanced, but I would recommend a series of formalin dips (there is a thread bookmarked on the fish diseases forum, check it out). FW dips end up being detrimental on clowns with brook.

08/30/2006, 10:03 PM	#11
redvipe2010 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Morris, IL Posts: 1,891	I went back and read the section on freshwater dips in the book Clownfishes, by Joyce Wilkerson, it says that fresh water dips can be used for Brooklynella. It also says that Formalin can be used. So is the freshwater dips for Brooklynella out dated information now? Or are you saying that it is too far advanced for freshwater dips at this point? If it's out dated information, I'd like to make a note in this book. Thanks!