Help IDing white patches on clownfish, brook? Not sure.

[Yonp11]

Can anyone help me ID these white patches on my clownfish? There are 2 and they both seem to have these white patches on their bodies, mostly on their face.

No behavioral changes, eating fine, no scraping or flashing. No visible signs of weight loss. One of them had white stringy poo that I saw earlier, don't know if that's coincidence or related.

They are fed pellets, flake, LRS, Rods, mysis, brine, cyclops in rotation.

I'm reading up and I'm really hoping its not brooklynella but I need some confirmation.

Thanks!

 

[Yonp11]

wow, i broke the horizon. I'm sorry, but please still help me!

 

[Deinonych]

Looks like Brooklynella to me, unfortunately.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Agree^ Formalin dips are needed.

 

[Yonp11]

Thanks guys for the replies. The pair has been put in their own hospital tank, and have received daily treatments with Hikari Ich-X. They don't show any external signs of brook anymore, the white patches are gone. They're behaving the same, still eating and active, not breathing quickly.

They've gotten 5 treatments now over 5 days at the prescribed dose on the bottle (5ml per 10 gal), dosed into the tank. ~80-90% water changes each day before treatment as the hospital tank isn't cycled since I got it up in a hurry when I saw they would need treatment.

How long should I continue treatment? Can't find anywhere online that states how long to continue the long term baths.

 

[Deinonych]

My concern with using Ich-X is that it only contains 5% formalin. Typical formalin treatments are 37% formalin, so you may just be masking the parasite, not eliminating it. I would contact Hikari directly to get their recommendation on how long to treat.

 

[snorvich]

My concern with using Ich-X is that it only contains 5% formalin. Typical formalin treatments are 37% formalin, so you may just be masking the parasite, not eliminating it. I would contact Hikari directly to get their recommendation on how long to treat.

I agree it is brook and would be concerned that Ich-X is not strong enough. After treatment, placing them in new clean water would be desirable so they are not reinfected.

 

[Yonp11]

Thanks for the replies guys. I will try contacting Hikari and see if they can give recommendations.
I went around to 3 different LFS looking for something with a greater concentration of formalin, couldn't find anything. No quICK cure or anything. I'll have to make due with what I have for now until I can find something better.
Tonight I started doing dips to increase the strength of formalin they were exposed to, 30 minutes in 10mL/1gal, then returned to the hospital tank with fresh water, and then continuing the long term treatment of 5mL/10gal in the hospital tank.
I guess I'll continue this for 5 additional days (for a total of 10 days of treatment) and observe from there.