percula clown

[trickle25]

ok over the period of about 7 months ive had 6 pair of clowns die....the first time i got 2 clows 4 days later this cottony stuff was on them tried to gt them but they died...waited a while got anoter pair same thing but they also had ich....so i waited a whole month for the ich to die in my reef tank....put in 2 more clowns, tang and a wrasse... the tang and wrasse a re fine but the 2 clowns got that cottony stuff on them again and died....whats up with this ?...dose my tank have some sort of permenent desease that attacks clowns ?

 

[beth]

Could you describe "cottony". What did it look like and what where the fish's symptoms. My initial guess would be brooklynella.

 

[trickle25]

kinda like strands of cotton...or during holloween when you can get that cotton stuff thats suppose to look like spider weds ...kinda like that...hope that makes sense

 

[beth]

If it looks like it is pealing off the fish, then it is brooklynella. I would suggest that you QT your fish, particualarly if you are going to get clownfish. Before a clownfish purchase, be sure that you have formalin on hand. Then, at the first signs of this, begin formalin bath threatment. There is a link to an article regarding formalin by Terry in the FAQ Thread. You can also find many posts on the procedure [which is very simple] be doing a serach.

 

[trickle25]

thanks i didnt know about the formaline...