Hey everyone,
Quick background on my tank. It is a 35 gallon stocked with 2 clowns, Midas blenny, and a yellow assessor. The blenny and clowns have been in the tank for a few months now, they were quarantined for 4 weeks and showed no symptoms of anything. I put them into the tank and everything was perfect. Recently I added a new yellow assessor who was purchased from a fellow reefer. I did not QT for a few reasons, I know that he quarantined when he first purchased the fish and I trust him as much as anybody in the hobby. Has a full QT room with one of the best display tanks I have ever seen.
On to the problem, about a week in with all fish being in my tank, I noticed a strange, relatively small, white patch on my female clowns face. I thought it looked like brook at first but thought no way because there was nothing that could have brought it in. Then I started to notice a similar type of patch on the side of the yellow assessor. Which again to me looks similar to pictures I have seen of brooklynella. This was a week ago, to this day all fish are still happy and healthy, showing no other symptoms besides those patches. The other clown and Midas blenny are unaffected at this point. I would really like to know if you think I should pull the fish out and treat them all in a QT setup, or if there is something I can try without removing them from the main tank. I've never heard of a disease that would show these white slime patches but not affect the fish in any other way. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Quick background on my tank. It is a 35 gallon stocked with 2 clowns, Midas blenny, and a yellow assessor. The blenny and clowns have been in the tank for a few months now, they were quarantined for 4 weeks and showed no symptoms of anything. I put them into the tank and everything was perfect. Recently I added a new yellow assessor who was purchased from a fellow reefer. I did not QT for a few reasons, I know that he quarantined when he first purchased the fish and I trust him as much as anybody in the hobby. Has a full QT room with one of the best display tanks I have ever seen.
On to the problem, about a week in with all fish being in my tank, I noticed a strange, relatively small, white patch on my female clowns face. I thought it looked like brook at first but thought no way because there was nothing that could have brought it in. Then I started to notice a similar type of patch on the side of the yellow assessor. Which again to me looks similar to pictures I have seen of brooklynella. This was a week ago, to this day all fish are still happy and healthy, showing no other symptoms besides those patches. The other clown and Midas blenny are unaffected at this point. I would really like to know if you think I should pull the fish out and treat them all in a QT setup, or if there is something I can try without removing them from the main tank. I've never heard of a disease that would show these white slime patches but not affect the fish in any other way. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
