fungus on clownfish

[blind1993]

hi
my false perc had a white fungus growning all over her. she cant swim correctly. right know my dad is giving her a dip. i will get pics right after school. can someone tell me what she has and how to treat it.

 

[blind1993]

that is what i have. i added a cleanershrimp which is now dead.
are tangs and coral beauty angels or snails prone to it. both fish are dead and i am now looking to borrow a large qt tank from someone.

 

[mapleredta]

sorry to hear that blind

 

[blind1993]

thankyou my dad and i are going to do a 10 min freash water dip can anyone help me to the other fishes.

 

[dkelly]

oh no, you lost the fish??

 

[dannybradley]

This is how I treat brookynella, and it always works great. Anyone adding clowns should do this dip before adding them, anyway.

14 drops of Quick Cure (Formalin and Malachite Green), a very common Ich medication, in a quart of water. Dip for 10 minutes. It's not as harsh as a f/w dip and works great on brookynella. You can see the slime start falling off of them in the dip. Repeat that dip for 5 days, every other day, 3 dips total.

Brookynella is a protozoan infection, so it responds to all ich treatments.

 

[tnyga]

when you say dip...are you leaving them in the water for that period of time...sorry never had to dip anything yet

 

[dkelly]

he said dip 'for 10 minutes'

 

[dannybradley]

Sorry.. Bath would be a more appropriate term.

 

[tnyga]

Gotcha with the bath...Im sure thats what a "dip" is, I just didnt know is all...thanks

 

[blind1993]

well i found 1 spot on my coral beauty. so i went to petland duluth. i talked to thekidd55 and he told me gave me this med made by seachem and he told me how to do it and everything so i will see how that works.

my dad seems happy from all of this. his reply verbatum is

"so if all the fish die can i make it into my fresh water"
me:"no ill just make it into all corals and no fish less diseases"

his reply:"isnt it time for you to go to your room and go on arc.

 

[blind1993]

dkelly;82484 wrote: oh no, you lost the fish??

yea i lost about $50 today. it sucks my dad grounded me from fish buying for 5 months.(even thought it is my money)

 

[xyzpdq0121]

DannyBradley;82490 wrote:
14 drops of Quick Cure (Formalin and Malachite Green), a very common Ich medication, in a quart of water. Dip for 10 minutes. It's not as harsh as a f/w dip and works great on brookynella. You can see the slime start falling off of them in the dip. Repeat that dip for 5 days, every other day, 3 dips total.

That can be very open for debate!!!! a) a FW dip <u>if done correctly</u> is about the safest thing that has been tested. b) a dip in Formalin of less then 30 min is pretty useless IMHO and testing. c) Formalin alone would be safer then a combo treatment IMHO. d) I hope you put an airstone in that quart of water since Formalin will loose O2 faster then you can imagine. You should never use a formalin treatment without a way to replace and make up for the lack of O2.

 

[blind1993]

no you dont. but i think this has helped him see why having corals will cut the losses since you can frag them and sell them so he set up a garage sale for me and said all the money is mine if i do all the work.

 

[purplegorilla]

U do know keeping coral can be just as hard or harder..Depending on which type (soft or hard). YOu will require different type of lighting, chemicals, etc...

 

[tnyga]

Id say harder for sure lol But thats just me

 

[thekid55]

Hey
I looked at your water test about 10 mintues later and your nitrites are really high. Also I say a white substance at the bottom of one of the test tubes. I would do a water change asap

 

[blind1993]

ok i am of to make some saltwater right now. tanks for your help so far almost all the fungus is off of the coralbeauty so you are a great help.