Should I be overly concerned?

[iflyprops]

I have a new no stripe clown from ORA that I picked up saturday, yesterday morning (sunday) I noticed white spots all over the fish. Concerned as I had to leave town for the day I gave him a freshwater dip. When I returned home he seemed to be fine and was swimming around with the other clown. I believe that this may have been stress induced as the two clowns had been chasing each other around since quite a bit. They have seemed to become buddies since though. This morning he has been spending alot of time on the bottom of the tank, breathing what seems to be a little harder than usual, or at least harder than he should be. He also has a little bit of white "slime" on him. I blew him off with a turkey baster and it seemed to take care of a little but the photos below are after I did that.

I just want to see what everyone thinks so far. The other fish in the tank are doing great and seem to be trying to encourage him. The reason I didn't QT him is that I don't really have the room for it at the moment as I my sump is now where my qt tank was. Should I just keep feeding him zoe, garlic and selcon enriched foods and keep an eye on him or should I take him out and treat?

Thanks!
Adam

 

[riemannp]

Well, my philosophy is ..... you should have a least a gameplan to place a fish in QT (whether this particular fish, or the next one). As we all know, wishful thinking will most certainly lead to non-action if one doesn't have the QT available and ready to go!!!!! Just my opinion!!

 

[White Tiger]

How is your water quality?

Do you have any corals in the tank?

Is the infected clown swimming up to the surface of the water?

Please respond quickly!

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

Looks like it could be Brooklynella..a series of formalin dips is the treatment. I would do the first dip and transfer him to a qt tank.

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/formalinbaths.html



Brook can affect fish other than Clowns, though I am not sure it is necessary that they ALL be treated. I am also not sure of the lifecycle of this disease and whether it require a 'fallow' tank to kill it off..I have thankfully never dealt with it personally...Do a search on Brooklynella and see what you find out

Here are some photos for you to compare

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=127010


Good luck