steelerguy
10/30/2007, 08:29 PM
I am sure this has been asked before but before I diagnose I thought I would get a second (and maybe more) opinions.
I ordered a couple clown fish, a hawkfish, and a wrasse for my tank. All fish ate the night I got them and the clowns were out and about swimming around looking healthy. I noticed one had a small patch of white on him but I just thought it was some sort of abrasion form shipping.
That was Saturday and now on Tuesday he is not looking so hot, not eating, and the white patch has expanded all over his body. It almost looked like a top layer of skin was peeling off but it looks like it is mucous production. The other clown started to show symptoms on Monday and is a lot worse today but is still swimming around and eating.
Try as I might I could not get a really good picture of either fish, they just move around so much. Here is the best picture I could manage, it is of the fish still acting healthy.
http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/clown_brook.jpg
I think it is brook but just want to make sure. I rushed to Petco before they closed tonight hoping to get some Formalin 3 but they didn't have it and now everything else is closed. Is it too late? I sure hope I can save them!
Second, should you be mad at a company if you received a fish with brook and then had the second on get it a couple days later?
I ordered a couple clown fish, a hawkfish, and a wrasse for my tank. All fish ate the night I got them and the clowns were out and about swimming around looking healthy. I noticed one had a small patch of white on him but I just thought it was some sort of abrasion form shipping.
That was Saturday and now on Tuesday he is not looking so hot, not eating, and the white patch has expanded all over his body. It almost looked like a top layer of skin was peeling off but it looks like it is mucous production. The other clown started to show symptoms on Monday and is a lot worse today but is still swimming around and eating.
Try as I might I could not get a really good picture of either fish, they just move around so much. Here is the best picture I could manage, it is of the fish still acting healthy.
http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/clown_brook.jpg
I think it is brook but just want to make sure. I rushed to Petco before they closed tonight hoping to get some Formalin 3 but they didn't have it and now everything else is closed. Is it too late? I sure hope I can save them!
Second, should you be mad at a company if you received a fish with brook and then had the second on get it a couple days later?