please help with my clown - pic attached

[tufacody]

I ordered two indo ocean ocellaris from LiveAquaria, a small and a medium. The small guy ate great from the start. The medium lumbered, never ate, and died 10 days later.

LiveAquaria was great, and sent me a new one, even free shipping. This one is much bigger, but is acting the same exact way the one that died did. He won't eat, lumbers, and breathes fast. I got him yesterday (acclimated perfectly), and today I notice this white patch on him. I do have a RBTA in the tank, but to my knowledge neither clown has seemed interested.

What do you think of this white patch, and how should I treat it? I haven't set up a QT because I only intended on the two clowns and the goby. Water tests perfect, other fish and corals doing great. I do have a QT set up now but its still too new for fish. Help!

[ScruffyRubicon]

Originally Posted by tufacody

I ordered two indo ocean ocellaris from LiveAquaria, a small and a medium. The small guy ate great from the start. The medium lumbered, never ate, and died 10 days later.

LiveAquaria was great, and sent me a new one, even free shipping. This one is much bigger, but is acting the same exact way the one that died did. He won't eat, lumbers, and breathes fast. I got him yesterday (acclimated perfectly), and today I notice this white patch on him. I do have a RBTA in the tank, but to my knowledge neither clown has seemed interested.

What do you think of this white patch, and how should I treat it? I haven't set up a QT because I only intended on the two clowns and the goby. Water tests perfect, other fish and corals doing great. I do have a QT set up now but its still too new for fish. Help!

Hard to tell from the pic. Is it possible to get a clearer pic? If it is brooklynella, it is fatal to clownfish and there is nothing that can be done.

[jamessp01]

it almost looks like a flatworm in the pic, but im sure you could tell that in person, so in summary, I have no idea.

[tufacody]

it looks more like dead skin might after a burn

[ScruffyRubicon]

Does it look like this?

[tufacody]

it is that color, but in one "bubbled" patch and the rest of the body is clean

[jph]

i have "revived" one of my clowns that was close to death with a combination of melafix and pimafix.

it will turn your skimmer into a foam factory, so a quarantaine tank would be nice.



J.

[tufacody]

i think it is brooklynella. i googled it and seems to match up

[Jen's&Gil'sgoneReef]

I have two true perculas that have been in my tank for 5 days .. they haven't eaten and both look like death. My LFS says that they are just stressed. My clown fish have white pimps so her face so my fish store recommended ICK ATTACK. Its all natural ( and reef safe ) and treats lots of things.

after one day the white spots are gone . I also started feeding them mysis shrimp with garlic and they aren't eating but they are putting it in there mouth and spitting it out. Big improvement from not even looking at food.

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