Help me diagnose this...

[SS_Sean]

Snowflake Clownfish... skinny, lethargy, not eating, white on body appears mottled. Has stringy white poop hang out bottom. Sorry can't take better pics than this....

I was thinking a worm of some type and need to get him into hospital and begin prazipro treatment.

Any other thoughts?

 

[Spar]

sounds like brook? see the sticky at the top of the forum and read the diagnosis

 

[Spar]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2388437

and the link just to help a little more

 

[saltyair]

could be an internal parasite - stringy poop usually is a symptom with skinny but still eating

 

[SS_Sean]

So the Brooklynella would be external, and internal would be what? And what treatment?

 

[SS_Sean]

Can you treat Seachem Para guard and prazipro at the same time??

 

[SS_Sean]

If someone else can confirm the disease and if I can run prazipro and Seachem Para Guard at the same time, I'll get started. I did a freshwater dip and that seemed to really help him... he has more energy and ate a little brine shrimp in QT.

Thanks for your help, guys.

 

[triggreef]

Might be multiple things you need to treat. Mixing meds is generally no good. If the fresh dip helped then make sure you read up on brook & flukes. That's generally what is helped by a fresh dip. Address those issues first, then worry about the stringy poop. Also I would suggest paracide D for that.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

^agree...triage. If this is brook, and by the symptoms it could be, you need to treat right away. Formalin (Quick Cure in a pinch) is the treatment needed. I wouldn't waste my time (or the fish's) with Paraguard. Treat worms afterwards.

 

[SS_Sean]

^agree...triage. If this is brook, and by the symptoms it could be, you need to treat right away. Formalin (Quick Cure in a pinch) is the treatment needed. I wouldn't waste my time (or the fish's) with Paraguard. Treat worms afterwards.

Anyone have a source for formalin? I wasn't too successful in a google search of something that was clearly a formalin product.

Thanks for the help, guys.