melynda

im crying right now!!! my seabae has that disease that pretty much eats his face!!! i know there are two ways to tryyyy to get rid of it but, i know its a long shot. i guess i have to face it , i cant truly do anything!! im gonna miss him so much. melynda

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

Dr.Fragenstein

melynda, what do you mean it eats its face? What does he look like, what are some symptoms, is he eating? any other fish affected?

melynda

its a disease i cant prononce. hes eating well, very active, in his anenome all the time my lfs said its a common disease ocean fish have!!what is is dr, fraganstein? sounds like what your asking is what my boyfriend has read about symptoms?

his symptoms are big lower lip, black pattern spots on his body,blacker face!!

no fish affected!!

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

Dr.Fragenstein

The only "clownfish only" disease I can think of is brooklynella, but that will cause excess slime coat, lethargy, refusing to eat and spots similar to marine velvet(amyloodinium). It attacks the gills so you might see slime in the gill area. It also causes lesions starting on the head. Acriflavine is pretty effective in treatment, either use reef safe revive or QT and treat w/ acriflavine, but do it FAST if you want him to make it!!

Good Luck!

melynda

your right on the money for the name!!!!!!!!!!! but no slime coat yet on the gils!!! no lethary, eating well ,but, isnt the facial stuff a symptom????

what is that stuff called aca?? what and where do i get it???? melynda

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

Dr.Fragenstein

Yes, the main thing at this point is to treat it AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you want a postive result!!!!! I know you all like natural on this site as do I but you NEED ACRIFLAVINE!!

melynda

freak!! natural !!!. i want results if possible, not death but, if death occurs i know what to do later in my fish keeping!!

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

Dr.Fragenstein

Its alright, you can relax, parasites happen to the best of us! The "nice" thing about brooklynella is it only affects clowns, do you have a QT tank? You can ask your LFS if they carry REVIVE its a good reef safe med thats pretty effective on brooklynella.

melynda

thanx dr. i well try tomorrow to get that if i can!! i hope he lives but, other wise its meant to be!! melynda

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.