I have a clownfish with what looks like ich covered with mucus. I would say brookylnella (though both clowns are captive bred and have been in my tank together for several months)
I will post a picture in the AM.
While it looks sick I don't see how thats possible. I have owned her for over a year. I have only added coral to the tank in months, mainly SPS, which is all growing well, so it's not water quality. She is eating and swimming well though breathing heavily. Behavior is overly aggressively compared to a week ago. There is no scratching and nothing else is sick (citron goby, kole tang, mandarin, clown, blood shrimp, sps corals). Yesterday evertything was fine, in fact in the 4 hours since I was home last the disease has tripled in size (still though confined to the mouth and chin).
The reason all that mention this is because I am wondering if the clown is being territorial, pairing, with the other clown in the tank (owned 6ish months) and has suffered some minor facial injuries (I watched this with another pair of clowns which had similar injuries before they started nesting). Other aggression causing problems may be that I rearranged the tank last week and she also started nipping (hosting maybe?) on a gsp (are they toxic to fish). Also, I have cut back feeding nori this week (to ease tank nutrients) and pellets.
I don't like prematurely medicating my fish as it's so stressful for them, especially if they aren't sick. So I'd like some opinions.
I will post a picture in the AM.
While it looks sick I don't see how thats possible. I have owned her for over a year. I have only added coral to the tank in months, mainly SPS, which is all growing well, so it's not water quality. She is eating and swimming well though breathing heavily. Behavior is overly aggressively compared to a week ago. There is no scratching and nothing else is sick (citron goby, kole tang, mandarin, clown, blood shrimp, sps corals). Yesterday evertything was fine, in fact in the 4 hours since I was home last the disease has tripled in size (still though confined to the mouth and chin).
The reason all that mention this is because I am wondering if the clown is being territorial, pairing, with the other clown in the tank (owned 6ish months) and has suffered some minor facial injuries (I watched this with another pair of clowns which had similar injuries before they started nesting). Other aggression causing problems may be that I rearranged the tank last week and she also started nipping (hosting maybe?) on a gsp (are they toxic to fish). Also, I have cut back feeding nori this week (to ease tank nutrients) and pellets.
I don't like prematurely medicating my fish as it's so stressful for them, especially if they aren't sick. So I'd like some opinions.
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