Sick Maroon Clownfish

[Wallabout]

Hi Everyone. First time thread poster. Please bear with me.

I have had a maroon clown for more than 4 years now. It is living in a 75 gallon tank with 20 gal refugium and 10 gallon sump. The tank mates are:

yellow tank
blue tang
6 line wrass

Got the blue tang 2 months ago, and it and the clown got ick. Seemed to clear up on its own after a few days. The fish were all looking healthy and happy eating normally and no visible aggression.

Just noticed today that the clown's pectorla fin is deteriorating. Its translucent boned are poking out and the skin is turning white and seems to be sloughing off. I will try and upload a video or photo.

It seems too large of a wound to be aggression. Any ideas?

 

[duromega]

sorry to hear about your clownfish

1) did you quarantined your tang when you got it?
2) check if your blue hippo has ick because tangs are magnets to ick
3) take out your clownfish and put him in a hospital tank and get CopperSafe (medication) and treat your fish ASAP

 

[marrone]

The shredding of the fin is usually a sign of Ich. When you have Ich it seems after a couple of days the fish are better, as you don't see the Ich on the fish, but that's just part of the cycle before the fish gets reinfected again.

The link below will give you information on Ich and how to treat it.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/99516-ich.html