Dead Fish !?!? Please Help

[ksbhondaracedr8]

Horray, my amonia is at zero. But my other clown is looking sad and alone. He is swimming in the spot they dug out where the slept for the 2 days they were together. Could she being alone add stress to her? Or am I just thinking to much into there short relationship?

 

[reefinmike]

small clowns are the worst at shipping, even tank bred ones...

 

[BigRedDog1934]

look into Brooklynella. it is very common with clown fish. i went through nearly the exact same senario as you did about a week ago. do some searches for images but the symptoms sound almost textbook.

 

[Aquabucket]

Yep it sure does sound like brook. I was mistaken in thinking the mucus appeared after death occured. My fault for not reading the post more carefully. I hope his other clown does not get it.

 

[ksbhondaracedr8]

i did some reseach for Brooklynella. And also it sort of looks like velvet. I now have a 5 gallon bucket set up as my Quarantine tank. THe fish is being treated with copper made by Copper Power. I know this will cure velvet but will it cure Brooklynella? He is looking a little better but can't tell for sure b/c he will not eat and his gills are still flared out some. But the slime is gone as far as I can tell.

 

[Duchess]

So, how's the other clown today?

The reason we don't add LFS water to our tanks is that the LFS water can contain bacterial contaminants (parasites, disease-causing organisms, all sorts of nasty stuff) that would harm the inhabitants of our tanks. That's why we use quarantine tanks -- to ensure the health of our newest pets before introducing them into our larger community tanks.

Like you, I added my first three fish to my tank directly without visit to a quarantine tank -- two false percs and a LMB. After three and a half weeks, one of the clowns developed marine velvet and died. I was lucky that the other two fish did not get it. After that, a 6 week stay in the quarantine tank became mandatory for anything live that goes into my tank.

Bare-bones acclimation procedure is to float the bag in your tank for 20 minutes to allow the temperature of the water in the bag to match the temperature of the water in the tank. Then open the bag at the top and add about a quarter cup of tank water, making sure that the bag water does not get into the tank. Let the bag float for about 15 minutes and then add another dose of tank water. Repeat several more times. If the bag gets too full of water, use a different cup to scoop water out of the bag and discard that water. Don't use the same scoop to take water out of the bag as you do to take water out of the tank to avoid cross contamination. After a hour or so, net the fish and put it in the tank.

Welcome to the world of marine tanks! And

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[Aquabucket]

From what I remember about treating Brook is that copper will appear to alleviate it and some of the symptoms but it will not iradicate the disease all togethor.

You have a tough choice ahead. Any chance you can get some more pics of the fish?

 

[Aquabucket]

Bump for server error.

 

[Duchess]

Because your other fish came down with the disease, whatever it is, you're going to have to allow your tank to sit fishless for about six weeks to ensure that the disease organisms have died. Otherwise, you risk infecting any other fish you put in the tank.

I hope your other clown makes it. Good luck.