Is my maroon sick
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Sorry to say but it looks like "Brooklynella".
The sloughing skin is almost a sure sign of BROOKLYNELLA.
It can easily spread to all of your fish if they aren't treated.
Brooklynella hostilis is a parasite of marine fish, found in wild fish, farmed fish and aquariums. In marine aquariums, it is most commonly found in clownfish. It feeds on dead skin cells and can cause severe damage to gills.
Where did you purchase or get the Clownfish from?
Do a freshwater dip & QT the fish before it spreads. If you don't act fast than It will spread very fast and you will be tossing the fish into the toilet.
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The sloughing skin is almost a sure sign of BROOKLYNELLA.
It can easily spread to all of your fish if they aren't treated.
Brooklynella hostilis is a parasite of marine fish, found in wild fish, farmed fish and aquariums. In marine aquariums, it is most commonly found in clownfish. It feeds on dead skin cells and can cause severe damage to gills.
Where did you purchase or get the Clownfish from?
Do a freshwater dip & QT the fish before it spreads. If you don't act fast than It will spread very fast and you will be tossing the fish into the toilet.
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Set up a QT Tank.
First, I dropped the salinity of the QT to about 1.019-1.021. This is to free up their energy resources to fight and get through the stress.
Day 1: Formalin (about 4-5 drops) in 5 cups of freshwater from the tap, matched temperature , and dechlorinated. I use Seachem Prime. The amount of freshwater to formalin is approximate, but do not go over 6-7 drops in that amount of water. Also, do not have the temperature above 80 when doing this because the formalin affects oxygen availability in water at higher temps. I use a small air pump and drop the tubing into formalin bath for the duration of the dip. Add the fish, observe for the first few minutes to make sure they don't go into shock. Leave the fish for 5 to 8 minutes (no more). After put the fish back into QT.
Day 2: rest
Day 3: Repeat day 1.
Do this for a total of 4 baths and you should see improvement.
This has worked for me with my Clownfishes in the past.
You must monitor the fish the whole time, if they show distress, remove them. Sometimes when the fish are first dipped, they fall over like it's the end of the world. If you give the container a little tap and snap them out of it, they should recover fine. If they look like they are struggling take the fish out. I would say you have to do this when you first catch the problem, while they are eating and still strong enough to take the stress of the baths.
Good luck!
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First, I dropped the salinity of the QT to about 1.019-1.021. This is to free up their energy resources to fight and get through the stress.
Day 1: Formalin (about 4-5 drops) in 5 cups of freshwater from the tap, matched temperature , and dechlorinated. I use Seachem Prime. The amount of freshwater to formalin is approximate, but do not go over 6-7 drops in that amount of water. Also, do not have the temperature above 80 when doing this because the formalin affects oxygen availability in water at higher temps. I use a small air pump and drop the tubing into formalin bath for the duration of the dip. Add the fish, observe for the first few minutes to make sure they don't go into shock. Leave the fish for 5 to 8 minutes (no more). After put the fish back into QT.
Day 2: rest
Day 3: Repeat day 1.
Do this for a total of 4 baths and you should see improvement.
This has worked for me with my Clownfishes in the past.
You must monitor the fish the whole time, if they show distress, remove them. Sometimes when the fish are first dipped, they fall over like it's the end of the world. If you give the container a little tap and snap them out of it, they should recover fine. If they look like they are struggling take the fish out. I would say you have to do this when you first catch the problem, while they are eating and still strong enough to take the stress of the baths.
Good luck!
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If it is brook, this is great advice. Will add... With or without formalin... In FW dip... Ro water or dechlorinated tap... As well as adjusting temp to match tank water, match ph of tank water.
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First, you can't really see from the picture what the first actually has, second, Formalin is something that is very dangerous to use and you need to be very careful using it, so if you have never used it before you need to do a lot of reading up on it before attempting to use it, plus you need to get the right type, 37%, which most LFS probably aren't going to carry.
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Yeah ...
First, we all just trying to help. Whether it's Brooklynella or another killing sickness because 1 thing that's obvious is that the fish is sick (that's not a tattoo it just got).
We don't need to see multiple pictures to tell that it needs to be QT.
Second, he needs to QT the fish no matter what it is and he needs to do a lot of reading on whatever medication he decides to use.
I gave him the method that works for me because he reached out for help and I wanted to help.
Whatever medication you decide to use you have to read up on it and find a method that you UNDERSTAND and WILL WORK for you because there's a lot of garbage and useless medication and not accurate advice out there.
You have to be on point with everything you do with your aquarium and livestock if you want a great system and health fish.
A lot of LFS don't carry a lot of medication or stuff you need if it isn't a common fish you can buy a 1000 times or a over priced coral. You might just have to shop around or get on Amazon and purchase it there but you must act fast and go help the fish because if you act early you can save the fish and if it doesn't make it at least you tried.
ALWAYS QT your fish and don't listen to what others say in a fish store or site that the fish are healthy and we're handle with care or any of that nonsense ... ALWAYS, ALWAYS QT your livestock or you will be just killing livestock and wasting your money and both are WRONG.
Now I have to get some work done so I can go home and check on my aquarium and day dream
I hope it works out for you.
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First, we all just trying to help. Whether it's Brooklynella or another killing sickness because 1 thing that's obvious is that the fish is sick (that's not a tattoo it just got).
We don't need to see multiple pictures to tell that it needs to be QT.
Second, he needs to QT the fish no matter what it is and he needs to do a lot of reading on whatever medication he decides to use.
I gave him the method that works for me because he reached out for help and I wanted to help.
Whatever medication you decide to use you have to read up on it and find a method that you UNDERSTAND and WILL WORK for you because there's a lot of garbage and useless medication and not accurate advice out there.
You have to be on point with everything you do with your aquarium and livestock if you want a great system and health fish.
A lot of LFS don't carry a lot of medication or stuff you need if it isn't a common fish you can buy a 1000 times or a over priced coral. You might just have to shop around or get on Amazon and purchase it there but you must act fast and go help the fish because if you act early you can save the fish and if it doesn't make it at least you tried.
ALWAYS QT your fish and don't listen to what others say in a fish store or site that the fish are healthy and we're handle with care or any of that nonsense ... ALWAYS, ALWAYS QT your livestock or you will be just killing livestock and wasting your money and both are WRONG.
Now I have to get some work done so I can go home and check on my aquarium and day dream
I hope it works out for you.
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- The Big City
Yes, we all want to help but from the picture you can't really tell what they fish has, plus it's all blue! You could be right and it's Brook, but MY POINT wasn't about the diag but using Formalin without telling him that you need to be very careful using it, that includes wearing gloves, eye protection, and disposing of it after you're done using it, plus getting the correct type of formalin too.
As for QT fish, I'm very big into this and have been pushing for people to do this for years, regardless of where the fish comes from, even from LA's DD. It's good to get the word out the QT fish save lives, and when things live the hobby is way better and a lot of fun.
As for QT fish, I'm very big into this and have been pushing for people to do this for years, regardless of where the fish comes from, even from LA's DD. It's good to get the word out the QT fish save lives, and when things live the hobby is way better and a lot of fun.
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- New York
Agree ...
ALWAYS QT.
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ALWAYS QT.
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