Problems with New Perculas!?!

[roadrunner1659]

I bought a mated pair of true percula clowns yesterday...i acclimated them as followed:

20 minutes to temp, then i put them under a drip line for an hour...currently the male looks fine, but the female is still breathing heavily tonight and isn't very active...she is actually hovering in the same general area...

This isn't the worst of it though...i also believe that the clowns came with a disease...i believe that its the clownfish disease...i notice cloudy areas on the body of the male but i cant tell about the female...

I was suggested that the female could be breathing heavily b/c of a fish that was in my tank but isn't anymore...i was also told that it she could still be acclimating...but i dont know?

Now, onto the disease, i cant get a picture good enough for anyone to see. I was suggested either to preform a freshwater dip (but i dont think i want to do that b/c i am scared that they would die) or i could setup a QT tank and give them medications...i was told that this medication cant be given in a main tank b/c it will kill off all bacteria good and bad...

So what can i or should i do guys? I need help!

Thanks!

 

[roadrunner1659]

i looked more closely at my female and i noticed that the scales that cover the gills aren't looking good either...

 

[roadrunner1659]

unfortunatly, i think my female got the worst case of whatever disease this maybe...i looked at he this morning and she is pale and cant hardly swim...she was stuck to the overflow...the pair right now is in a small floating container together...im calling the LFS b/c there is no way that this is from my tank...

Thanks for the help guys...i feel so bad for these little fish!

 

[ACBlinky]

Sorry your pair isn't doing well
We need more information -- tank parameters, whether the pair went into a QT or the display, whether or not they were medicated at the LFS, whether they're wild caught or captive bred...

Cloudy slime coat and rapid breathing, going downhill in a matter of hours, sounds like Brook to me but that's just a guess. It's common in clowns, especially those that are wild caught. I lost my w/c pair of saddles to Brook before I knew what was happening, it's fast and very nasty. The treatment is Formalin, but you have to treat quickly because Brook moves SO fast.

Best of luck.