Clownfish Help!

[etphi]

I noticed this white patch on my clown for a couple of days now. It started off really small. I didn't think anything of it and brushed it off. I just thought he got stung by the plate coral (that's what he's hosting). He's acting the same. Still eats a lot and swims normally.

Can anyone identify what this parasite is? It kind of looks like brooks. Also can anyone lead me the direction I should take for treating this. I've had him since I set up this system, so roughly 3-4 months. I haven't added anything new into the tank. Nothing has changed. None of the other fishes are showing symptoms.

I've also noticed that my female is getting more and more aggressive towards the male. Especially when it comes close to the anemones. She bites him particularly at that area. Can that be the cause?

 

[imarock]

Looks like brooklynella to me. I would put him in a quarantine tank right away and treat with formaldehyde. Brook effects the fish fast and will be fatal.

I would like to think the female but I don't see any other damage that would lead me to believe this. I think if it was the female doing it, the male would have tattered fins.

IMO

 

[etphi]

How did the fish develop brooklynella if I hadn't add a fish in over a month? Also I haven't added any new corals in weeks.

 

[imarock]

How did the fish develop brooklynella if I hadn't add a fish in over a month? Also I haven't added any new corals in weeks.

Sometimes the fish just has to be stressed out in order to get a parsite. Has the temperature changed in the tank? Any spikes of ammonia or nitrates in the last 2 weeks? How stable is the PH?

I would at least pull it out of the aquarium either way as if its getting picked on the female might just end up killing it.

 

[etphi]

Gotcha. Thanks for the help!