Need help with sick Clownfish

[montec24]

My female clownfish that I ahve had for two years has some growths or parasites on her head. I have trouble exactly describing them but the kind of look like pimples. There are 3 of them right above one of her eyes. I think I might have seen a white stringy thing coming out of one but it was hard to get a good look. She is swimming normal and acting normal (as normal as a clownfish acts). I do not think it is ick but since I have never had fish with ick it could be. I will try to take a picture but I am not to good at getting great pictures. Does anyone know of a site with descriptions \ pictures of fish diseases \ parasites?

Thanks for your help, I will be very upset if anything happens to this fish.

Also I do have a 10 gallon set up that I have no fish or corals in that I coudl use for a hospital tank but need to know what to treat with and wether or not it will stress her to much to move.

 

[~Flighty~]

Do you have any cleaner shrimp or neon gobies? Thet is the best treatment I would recomend at this point.

 

[Aquadiva]

Try this page....

http://www.save1004.com/articles/diseases.htm

or here...

http://www.versaquatics.com/tropicalfishdisease.htm

I have had trouble getting info on fish diseases as well. Also, post on RC. Those folks are a wealth of info, especially if you can get a pic.

Hope this helps and the little guy is OK.

-Linda

 

[montec24]

Do you have any cleaner shrimp or neon gobies? Thet is the best treatment I would recomend at this point.

I do have a cleaner shrimp (which cleans nothing) a peppermint shrimp and neon gobies that will clean from time to time. Trouble is the Clown rarely leaves the RBTA so the neons go nowhere near it. I am still gonna try a picture, charging up the battery for the camera.

Tks

 

[~Flighty~]

In my opinion (take it for what it's worth) If the clown has a parisite that is really bothering it, it will seak out the cleaners, just like it would flash against rocks if the cleaners weren't there. This is a recent thread on a similar question that had great info:
http://216.235.242.50/forums/showthread.php?t=6453