Disease in my tank i think?Help please?

Question

So this morning my smallest 3 spot domino damsel died and had white slimey stuff on him. he was getting beaten by my 3 stripe damsel so i asumed it was just stress. Now i noticed a little bit of white on my other 3spot domino damsels mouth. i have live rock with some featherdusters that are starting to appear as well as some hermit crabs. how do i go about treating this without killing my inverts? the other damsel with the white on his mouth also gets beat up by the 3 stripe damsel is this disease or just stress?

Answer 1

I'll agree with the separation of affected fish (and depending on the cause, you may nee to remove all the fish to treat.)

I'm not sure the diagnosis is marine ich. There are a number of conditions in marine fish that would involve a white spot, but since the first damsel was covered with what looked like slime, this may be Brooklynella ("Clownfish disease" although other marine fish can get it as well). This is fast-acting and needs to be treated aggressively. The medications that are proven to treat this will harm your invertebrates, so is best done in a separate (quarantine) tank. However, since we can't see your fish, this is something you'll need to diagnose yourself, based on the size and appearance of the spot and how the previous damsel looked.

The treatment shown to be most effective is formalin (which is a carcinogen, so be careful handling it). Beware of anyone promising "miracle cures" that don't harm organisms in your tank - these have no proof behind them (other than by the people trying to sell you the product), and others who have tried them have found little "cure" and term these products "worthless": http://www.wetwebmedia.com/cryptnoncures.htm

For information and photos of Brooklynella and similar marine diseases, please see the website blow. If you see a photo that resembles your fish, click on the condition (in red) and that will open a new link with more info on that disease as well as how to treat. If the spots are small, they might be ich or marine velvet, if it becomes "fuzzy" it may be a fungal infection, or if it becomes "slimey" like the previous damsel, it may be Brooklynella. A freshwater dip may be your first line of treatment, as most saltwater disease organisms won't tolerate a brief period in freshwater as well as your fish.

Also, check your water parameters to be sure your pH is 8.2-8.4, specific gravity is 1.024-1.026, temperature is no higher than 82oF, ammonia and nitrite = 0 (or less than 0.5 if your tank is still cycling), and your nitrate is less than 30. If these aren't correct, this will cause your animals stress to the point they are more susceptible to disease and die.

Good luck with this!

Answer 2

Move all the fish with the spots to a quarantine tank. Those that don't should be moved to different aquariums and kept separate until you treat you (Ich?) problem. Take out your coral dwelling creatures and do the same with them. Wash everything and treat the infected fish with the proper medicine. If the one's that seem healthy develop symptoms or white spots, treat them too. A few weeks of treatment will kill off the parasite.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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