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Maroon Clown Disease
- Thread starter eatbeef
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If you find out what it is let me know, I have a Maroon that I have been trying to get out of my tank for six months....this may be what I'm looking for. 
Jim
Jim
No.....He's to mean to die.
Jim
Jim
How is his gilling / breathing. If it's rapid and or distressed I would think it sounds a bit like marine velvet. Could also be bacterial infection of some sort, how's your water quality?
Can you say any more about the "whiteish film"? Is it a discoloration of the skin or something growing on the skin?
Try looking on the RC disease fourm for marine velvet and see if anything sounds farmiliar. If that is the case the fish may be gone by now. If it is still hanging on and it is velvet he'll need somekind of treatment fast as it's usually a quick killer once symptoms are noticable.
Can you say any more about the "whiteish film"? Is it a discoloration of the skin or something growing on the skin?
Try looking on the RC disease fourm for marine velvet and see if anything sounds farmiliar. If that is the case the fish may be gone by now. If it is still hanging on and it is velvet he'll need somekind of treatment fast as it's usually a quick killer once symptoms are noticable.
Is this a wild collected clown recently imported? I'm no expert on this, but I understand that a lot of wild collected clowns suffer from clownfish disease (Brooknella, or some variant of that speling). Hard to treat I hear, and from your description sounds like the disease.
Greg's probablly right on this.
Brooklynella (clown fish disease)- "small whitish spots, spots begin to enlarge and soon mucus and skin begin to sloth off and the affected areas become red and raw with loose scales"
Amyloodinium (velvet)- Rapid gilling "as the infection progresses, the cysts become visible on the fin membranes and body surfaces. These cysts are about the same size and color of a grain of table salt and, especially on light colored fish, are difficult to see." "Infected fish often scratch their sides on the bottom or on rocks, and sometimes shudder or shake while swimming. As the infection progresses, colors fade, a powdery or dusty appearance becomes very noticable as the cysts proliferate, and secondary bacterial infections often develop."
(quotes from "The marine Aquarium Handbook", M. Moe Jr. 1992)
Brooklynella (clown fish disease)- "small whitish spots, spots begin to enlarge and soon mucus and skin begin to sloth off and the affected areas become red and raw with loose scales"
Amyloodinium (velvet)- Rapid gilling "as the infection progresses, the cysts become visible on the fin membranes and body surfaces. These cysts are about the same size and color of a grain of table salt and, especially on light colored fish, are difficult to see." "Infected fish often scratch their sides on the bottom or on rocks, and sometimes shudder or shake while swimming. As the infection progresses, colors fade, a powdery or dusty appearance becomes very noticable as the cysts proliferate, and secondary bacterial infections often develop."
(quotes from "The marine Aquarium Handbook", M. Moe Jr. 1992)
>Is this a wild collected clown recently imported?<
Still I'm interested to know.
Still I'm interested to know.
