clownfish disease??
 

so i was just looking in my tank and noticed that one of my clownfish has a purple small growth on its side and the other one of the pair is forming ich. i was just wondering if you guys know any idea what this could be and could point me in the direction of some references. thank you

i took some pictures. one shows the purple thing and another shows a white patch that looks like weird ich... i hope its not velvet. does anyone know what i should do? http://s458.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=IMG_0378.jpg

well the white spot could be Brooklynella but without better pictures I don't know could be marine velvet that other thing I don't know never seen that before but probably a parisite remove both of them and QT I would start treating with prazi-pro or para gaurd. if it is velvet these will have no afect youwill have to treat with copper.copper is the only thing that will eradicate marine velvet. then you have to leeve your tank divoide of fish for up to 3 months. if there is any other fish in the tank QT them also and treat them all. Anyone of them could also be infected and not showing any signs yet. Clownfish disiese is transferable to certine fish.
Link to cown fish disease...
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ich...ooklynella.htm

Bill

The pics aren't clear enough to get any idea what you are dealing with. Ich will look like specks of salt not a "patch" so you are most likely dealing with either Brook or Velvet. If its brook prazi pro won't work. You'll have to use Formalin. And fast. Brook can kill in 24 hours so you don't have much time. If its velvet you'll need to treat with copper. I would say the best chance is that its Brook.

What are your clownfish hosting in?.....the dark mark kinda looks like a sting mark from a coral.....the white patch could be a secondary fungal infection from a previous sting?

if its Brook then that is why I posted the link it tells you what you have to do it is a very good artical and formalin is right but it could be flukes and prazi-pro will work very efectivly also on a few other prosibilities. I had a strane if flukes a while back that were transferable used prazi-pro worked very well. lost 2 fish 1 from stress trying to catch and QT and a second that had nothing todo with this outbreak.
As I said and others have said you need a clear picture of the spot.
Bill

Does the white spot looked raised up and also look like a small head of cauliflower? If so, it could also by Lymphocystis.