Another problem?!

HuckFinn · 02-07-2010, 12:02 PM

OK - thanks for everyone's help. The larger of my two clowns developed a small whitish spot near the tail. I noticed it yesterday. Now today, there are two. Can't get a good pic. My LFS is closed today. Am I safe for today?

Yellow Tang · 02-07-2010, 03:09 PM

I dont know I have never sucessifly kept a Ocellaris clown my got that and died in a couple of hours

DrSabbyDoo · 02-07-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HuckFinn

OK - thanks for everyone's help. The larger of my two clowns developed a small whitish spot near the tail. I noticed it yesterday. Now today, there are two. Can't get a good pic. My LFS is closed today. Am I safe for today?

Sounds like she's getting ick. Hard to tell 100% without a picture, but thats probably what it is.

divott · 02-07-2010, 03:18 PM

ich , or being a clown possibly brooklynella. is it active and eating fine? not much you can do other than wait it out. keep it well fed.

Crimson Ghost · 02-07-2010, 03:18 PM

If she is acting normally, not laboring to breath, no cloudy eyes etc. you will be fine for the day. Check all the parameters including SG and try to rule out stress as a cause.

elweshomayor · 02-07-2010, 04:10 PM

What's the size of the spot? Do you see the clown scratching him self in the substrate or rocks?

HuckFinn · 02-08-2010, 05:05 PM

HI, Not sure on the stress issue. The tank runs about 80°F so there is a bet that I am having some cooling at night. The new development is that the two small spots are now more like a fuzzy blob - kind of cottony. I put in a touch of garlic - one drop. I also did a fresh water dip. Thats when I noticed the cottony appearence. I was told by my LFS to possibly take her out and set her on wet paper towel and very gently try to scrape of what could now ne a fungus. She is active and I don't see her rubbing on anything but the frog spawn.

02-07-2010, 12:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
HuckFinn Astrea Snail Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northwest Indiana - On the lake Posts: 65 Skin: Mint Karma: 269	Another problem?! OK - thanks for everyone's help. The larger of my two clowns developed a small whitish spot near the tail. I noticed it yesterday. Now today, there are two. Can't get a good pic. My LFS is closed today. Am I safe for today? _________ Becca's Reef 8 gal BioCube nano reef - 8 lbs live sand - 9 lbs of live Bali rock. 1- 18 watt 10,00K and 1 - 18 watt True Actinic and 2 - blue LED lunar lights. Added - 900 l/h nano circulation pump. Live Stock: Two small heads of frogs spawn coral; two paired clowns - tank raised; hermit crabs, snails, 1 - pepermint shrimp, 1 - all white, 1 - cleaner shrimp.

02-07-2010, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yellow Tang Peppermint Shrimp Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 447 Skin: Dark Karma: 1384	I dont know I have never sucessifly kept a Ocellaris clown my got that and died in a couple of hours _________ 55 Gallon Tank Yellow Tang, 4 Striped Damsel, Maroon Clownfish, flame angel, Hippo tang, Diamond goby, Peppermint Shrimp, blood shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Bubble anemone X8 SUMP( Protien skimmerx2 UV Sterizer assorted filter bags) Fuge ( macro algae, sand)http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off...ank-62907.html http://home.comcast.net/~gwhybra/site/?/home/

02-07-2010, 03:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
divott Whip-Lash Squid Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: holland landing, ontario ,canada Age: 49 Posts: 2,977 Skin: Classic Karma: 77329	ich , or being a clown possibly brooklynella. is it active and eating fine? not much you can do other than wait it out. keep it well fed. _________ 90 gal reef , 30 gal sump , 6 x 54 t5 ho , coralife super skimmer , 3 koralia ph's , carbon and phos reactors life : percula clown, one-spot foxface , coral beauty , flame angel , purple tang,red scooter blenny , kole tang corals: toadstool leather, finger leather, , 2 green star polyps, pulsing xenia , zoas , frogspawn , elegance coral, 2 lobos , black and orange sun corals

02-07-2010, 03:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Crimson Ghost King of somewhere hot Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 41 Posts: 712 Skin: Mint Karma: 13606	If she is acting normally, not laboring to breath, no cloudy eyes etc. you will be fine for the day. Check all the parameters including SG and try to rule out stress as a cause. _________ I'm growing older but not up, my metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck. JB

02-07-2010, 04:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
elweshomayor Vlamingii Tang Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Norcross, Atlanta Ga. Age: 17 Posts: 1,874 Skin: Classic Karma: 13539	What's the size of the spot? Do you see the clown scratching him self in the substrate or rocks? _________ 150G tank in progress: Stock: 8chromis, 1foxface,1 yellow tang, 2 B&W clownfish 1potters angel, 1 flameangel, 1 engineer goby, 1 dragon goby. 29G tank in progress : 2clownfish, 1firefish,1 diamond goby.

02-08-2010, 05:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
HuckFinn Astrea Snail Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northwest Indiana - On the lake Posts: 65 Skin: Mint Karma: 269	HI, Not sure on the stress issue. The tank runs about 80°F so there is a bet that I am having some cooling at night. The new development is that the two small spots are now more like a fuzzy blob - kind of cottony. I put in a touch of garlic - one drop. I also did a fresh water dip. Thats when I noticed the cottony appearence. I was told by my LFS to possibly take her out and set her on wet paper towel and very gently try to scrape of what could now ne a fungus. She is active and I don't see her rubbing on anything but the frog spawn.

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