Brook diagnosis??? or something else

[cl2ysta1]

Quick overview. set up 220 reef back in december. have had it running since. Brought a pair of true percs out from ohio (we had moved to utah). We have had these clowns now for two years with no problems. Put them in the large tank. they decided to take residence in a torch colony. All is well. Next day I notice a large lesion on the side of the female. Red with white fungus looking stuff on it. My fiance assumes the torch stung it and it got ich on it? we do have ich in the tank, but have two resident cleaner wrasses. This happened February 7. Update to today. It seemed that this lesion never healed, but the white fuzz did dissapear after a few days. I saw the cleaner wrasses picking her clean. well than tonight i noticed the male had a small spot on his left pectoral fin. white fuzz, and the female had a small white fuzz spot closer to her dorsal.

Few questions

Is it possible this is brooklynella since it has shown on the female over three weeks now??? My understanding this was a very fast acting parasite.

What do you think it is???


When i saw the male's spot I immedietly put them in a 10 gallon hospital tank with kick ich (formalin and malachite green), a heater, and an airstone.

Is this a good treatment for the possiblilities it could be? i'm temped to stay up all night with these fish to make sure nothing goes wrong. They are by far my favorite clownfish pair and i dont want to lose them.


Best pix i could get for diagnosis help. ALSO.. there have been no interruptions in eating. they are both hogs, and they seem to be behaving normally. Swimming well etc.

PLEASE HELP!!!

you can see the males small spots in this pic

and in this photo you can see the large lesion on the female

 

[cl2ysta1]

or is it possible they are torch stings with a secondary bacterial infection?

 

[Percula9]

The red lesion is probably a bacterial infection. I would do a round of antibiotics. Torch stings are a possibility, but stings usually turn brown in clowns. The white on the fins could be lymphocystis. This is a viral infection and usually goes away. I don't see signs of ich. Watch for signs of ammonia in a quarantine tank. Treat with antibiotics to clear possible infection.

 

[kevin2000]

Brook is a disease associated with new fish or new fish introductions .. doesn't happen with long term fish and tends to be a quick killer rather than a prolonged problem.

I agree with the others ... probably a bacterial problem and QT combined with antibiotics may be in order. Perhaps maracyn2 if you can't find something stronger.