Ich or worse?

[Magma]

So yesterday I noticed my clowns had some small white spots on them, no bigger than pin heads and all over there body. I figured it was marine ich so I made up a large bucket of SW so I could start treatment in my QT right away.

Today I come home and one clown is dead, worms have eaten almost half of him and the other one is acting like its having a hard time breathing and also looks like his scales are falling off in large patches..

I noticed the Royal Gramma in the tank is acting very odd staying in the middle of the tank hugging a rock and he to his having a hard time breathing. I do my water changes once a week about 10-15%, I check all levels and they are within normal, temp is fine. But I did have a big outbreak of hair algae over the past few weeks (tank is right in front of a large window and gets the sun for 6 hours a day).

Does this sound like Ich or something else?

[Tracey2]

Could be velvet if you are loosing them that quick, have you added anything new to your tank lately?

[Magma]

nothing new has been added since before Xmas, only changes I have made is I started to feed sinking pellets along on opposite days from when I feed mysis shrimp

[mark]

sorry to hear

could be ich maybe Brooklynella?

[Magma]

that looks exactly like it!


fish looked like this yesterday

Thanks for the reply

[Reefie]

I went through 4 clowns with brooklynella, all of them were true percs. I got sick of replacing them once a week, so I tried out a pair of false percs instead. I find them a bit more hardy.

[daniella3d]

Ick can kill that fast if the gills are totaly infested...and juging from the fact that your fish had those dots all over its body, the gills must have been very much infected.

I don't know why people think that ick cannot kill fish fast, or can be cure with just garlic and etc oil snake. It does not go away on its own and if it get very strong and multiply to this level, it will kill your fish by suffocating them. Try to lower the temperature and maybe add a little bit of oxygen to help. YOu need to act fast, not sure there is still time.

Originally Posted by Magma

So yesterday I noticed my clowns had some small white spots on them, no bigger than pin heads and all over there body. I figured it was marine ich so I made up a large bucket of SW so I could start treatment in my QT right away.

Today I come home and one clown is dead, worms have eaten almost half of him and the other one is acting like its having a hard time breathing and also looks like his scales are falling off in large patches..

I noticed the Royal Gramma in the tank is acting very odd staying in the middle of the tank hugging a rock and he to his having a hard time breathing. I do my water changes once a week about 10-15%, I check all levels and they are within normal, temp is fine. But I did have a big outbreak of hair algae over the past few weeks (tank is right in front of a large window and gets the sun for 6 hours a day).

Does this sound like Ich or something else?

[Magma]

read above post i found it to be brooklynella not ich and i had treatment as soon as possible for them but it was to late.

[Myka]

I have treated Brookynella quite a few times. The only treatment I have found to be reliable is formalin baths.

[Magma]

Originally Posted by Myka

I have treated Brookynella quite a few times. The only treatment I have found to be reliable is formalin baths.

that was what I picked up, having seen it before in your tanks do you know if it sticks on the rocks like ich does or once the hosts are dead its dead?