[Help] Sick Clownfish

[Cakebaker13]

Hello,
I need help finding a diagnosis.
My new Clownfish started acting funny this afternoon. Swimming was very calm, one pectoral fin was not moving. The tail fin also seemed to be frayed.
Fast forward 5 hours later, the pectoral fin looks worse, is losing color and is fraying now.
Gill slits are more exposed than her partner.

Here are some more pictures: http://imgur.com/a/0YCtG
Here is a gif of it swimming: http://giphy.com/gifs/wCjxQddMlqRkk

 

[ThRoewer]

Hard to tell from the pictures, but with clownfish my first suspicion would always be Brooklynella.

 

[Cakebaker13]

Hard to tell from the pictures, but with clownfish my first suspicion would always be Brooklynella.

As was mine. It is not Brookylnella.

 

[ThRoewer]

There is a host of other things that can cause this.
What treatments did you try so far?

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[Cakebaker13]

There is a host of other things that can cause this.
What treatments did you try so far?

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Time is limited, Fish has deteriorated rapidly in the past 24 hours.
Transferred to hospital tank. added erythromycin at 20:00 last night. Added tetracycline and melafix at 0800 this morning.


Morning update, Both fins seem to have lost function.

Afternoon update, fish has began to rest on flood of tank.

 

[ThRoewer]

How do you know it isn't Brooklynella or one of the similar skin parasite?
Only thing to kill it is formalin.

If it's velvet, those medications won't help much either.

Drop the salinity to 1.016 to 1.018 (will help the fish save energy and make breathing easier)

In case of velvet the best cure would be Chloroquine Phosphate (NLS Ick-Shield Powder from Amazon or LFS)

 

[Cakebaker13]

I know it isn't Brooklynella because it doesn't match any of the clinical diagnostic symptoms for Brook.
I know it isn't Amyloodinium (marine velvet) because it doesn't match any of the clinical diagnostic symptoms for Velvet.

The symptoms were that of a bacterial fin infection.

The fish expired. Microscopic analysis of postmortem scrapings confirmed the previos clinical assumptions and diagnosis.

Thank you for your time.

 

[ThRoewer]

Well, it seems bacterial infections are on the rise and often misdiagnosed.