clown with a parasite

[moondoggy4]

My pre Nemo clown looks like he has a parasite attached to his eyelid, it is white and the eye is very irritated:bigeyes:, I caught him and did a fresh water dip but the thing is still attached to over the eye. Any thoughts or suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

 

[greenskull]

My pre Nemo clown looks like he has a parasite attached to his eyelid, it is white and the eye is very irritated:bigeyes:, I caught him and did a fresh water dip but the thing is still attached to over the eye. Any thoughts or suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

How long of a freshwater dip? I've read for really stubborn flukes you might have to dip for 10-15 minutes. I honestly could never do a FW for over 5 minutes without getting nervous about it.

 

[f3honda4me]

A pic would help.

 

[moondoggy4]

It was like a minute but it did seem like an eternity. I will try to get my son to post a picture tonight.

 

[moondoggy4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgDOgsibYg hope this helps

 

[moondoggy4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_rVUY2m0vI better quality HD

 

[greenskull]

Could possibly be a bacterial fungus infection..... still hard to tell.

 

[moondoggy4]

It looked like something that was holding onto him. It is much smaller now could just be a scar.

 

[greenskull]

Yeah, could be just a minor scrape that's healing up.
I actually posted something like this a few years back that ended up being nothing:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1598162

We do tend to panic a bit!

 

[moondoggy4]

Thanks greenskull funny 3 years ago you stated that you needed to be on the boards a little more. Yeah I am worried about my clown I have had for over 8 years now he is a trooper.