Clownfish not acting normal! NEED URGENT HELP!

[Exotrezy]

I got a pair of clownfish yesterday evening and fed them when they got home. They did not eat, probably because they weren't hungry or just aren't used to the tank. They had been hanging around the sandbed but one of them had been exploring a little bit and going around the tank a little bit. The other didn't really do that but was still hanging around the sandbed but was moving around near the center of the tank. I fed them again this morning and they ate a little bit. The other one has been in this certain spot or area for a while like I would say since morning. Yesterday night, one of them was like swimming on the rock, not sure which one it was but I am assuming it was the one that is on the sandbed. I noticed it has a "cloudy eye" and some "pink spots". Could anyone let me know what that might me. At the store they were moving around and hanging around the top but then again they were probably used to the store tank and the tank over there was way smaller. Could anyone help me out and let me know what is going on? I am really worried. I attached a video of the fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I got a pair of clownfish yesterday evening and fed them when they got home. They did not eat, probably because they weren't hungry or just aren't used to the tank. They had been hanging around the sandbed but one of them had been exploring a little bit and going around the tank a little bit. The other didn't really do that but was still hanging around the sandbed but was moving around near the center of the tank. I fed them again this morning and they ate a little bit. The other one has been in this certain spot or area for a while like I would say since morning. Yesterday night, one of them was like swimming on the rock, not sure which one it was but I am assuming it was the one that is on the sandbed. I noticed it has a "cloudy eye" and some "pink spots". Could anyone let me know what that might me. At the store they were moving around and hanging around the top but then again they were probably used to the store tank and the tank over there was way smaller. Could anyone help me out and let me know what is going on? I am really worried. I attached a video of the fish.

this fish is a little thin, has what is known as bruising often associated with tank raised species and the eye may be from injury from netting or object in tank. Did you acclimate these fish and if so , how and for how long?
To touch further on bruising, they are similar to lesions and can or may break through skin surface. This issue either improves on its own or worsens.

 

[Exotrezy]

this fish is a little thin, has what is known as bruising often associated with tank raised species and the eye may be from injury from netting or object in tank. Did you acclimate these fish and if so , how and for how long?
To touch further on bruising, they are similar to lesions and can or may break through skin surface. This issue either improves on its own or worsens.

So the pink spots aren't a disease and the eye is from some sort of injury. I acclimated it by putting the bag that the fish store gives you and put the bag in the tank for 20-30 min. The injury might have came from when I was transferring the fish into the tank as it might have got stuck on the net. Is there anything I can do to help?

 

[Exotrezy]

this fish is a little thin, has what is known as bruising often associated with tank raised species and the eye may be from injury from netting or object in tank. Did you acclimate these fish and if so , how and for how long?
To touch further on bruising, they are similar to lesions and can or may break through skin surface. This issue either improves on its own or worsens.

What about the fish hanging around the sandbed? Is that normal? It was doing those same little movements like swaying on the rock yesterday.

 

[vetteguy53081]

What about the fish hanging around the sandbed? Is that normal? It was doing those same little movements like swaying on the rock yesterday.

Im referring to one on sandbed. I just revisited the video on a larger screen and both show signs of brooklynella disease in which the slime on their bodies are noticeable on the fish. This mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.
With the advanced stage of this- I recommend immediate quarantine of all inhabitants and leaving display without fish for 4-6 weeks.

 

[Exotrezy]

So I should purchase Ruby Rally Pro? Also there are no other fish in the tank, just these 2 which were added yesterday.

 

[Exotrezy]

Im referring to one on sandbed. I just revisited the video on a larger screen and both show signs of brooklynella disease in which the slime on their bodies are noticeable on the fish. This mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.
With the advanced stage of this- I recommend immediate quarantine of all inhabitants and leaving display without fish for 4-6 weeks.

You said the 2nd fish also shows signs of the disease but from what I can tell, it doesn't really look like it has any of the signs. The first fish on the other hand shows a lot of the signs. I purchased the fish from petco so they most likely had it from there. Next time, I will probably purchase from an actually fish store.

 

[Exotrezy]

Im referring to one on sandbed. I just revisited the video on a larger screen and both show signs of brooklynella disease in which the slime on their bodies are noticeable on the fish. This mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.
With the advanced stage of this- I recommend immediate quarantine of all inhabitants and leaving display without fish for 4-6 weeks.

What is FW bath?

 

[Exotrezy]

Im referring to one on sandbed. I just revisited the video on a larger screen and both show signs of brooklynella disease in which the slime on their bodies are noticeable on the fish. This mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.
With the advanced stage of this- I recommend immediate quarantine of all inhabitants and leaving display without fish for 4-6 weeks.

What do you mean by "at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank"

 

[Bosreef]

What is FW bath?

Fw= fresh water i.e no salt

 

[Exotrezy]

Fw= fresh water i.e no salt

How long would the bath be? Wouldn't they die due to no salt?

 

[vetteguy53081]

What do you mean by "at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank"

The bath will be a higher concentration. After bath- normal dose

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is FW bath?

Tap water the same temperature as display tank

 

[Exotrezy]

The bath will be a higher concentration. After bath- normal dose

Right now I don't have Ruby Rally Pro or any of those things, although I do have hydrogen peroxide so can I start off with a hydrogen peroxide bath? If so, how long and what concentration?

 

[Exotrezy]

The bath will be a higher concentration. After bath- normal dose

From what I have seen, I am doing a hydrogen peroxide bath and transferring them into a qt. What should I proceed to do afterwards?

 

[vetteguy53081]

From what I have seen, I am doing a hydrogen peroxide bath and transferring them into a qt. What should I proceed to do afterwards?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will like make no change

 

[Exotrezy]

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will like make no change

This is by humble fish, he has apparently cured dozens of clowns using hydrogen peroxide and then putting in a qt and moving from there. https://humble.fish/community/threads/hydrogen-peroxide-bath.21/

 

[Exotrezy]

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will like make no change

Also doesn't oxidization help make the pathogens go away?

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is by humble fish, he has apparently cured dozens of clowns using hydrogen peroxide and then putting in a qt and moving from there. https://humble.fish/community/threads/hydrogen-peroxide-bath.21/

Peroxide slows healing and in some cases as an antiseptic causes issues. Humblefish had a recommendation 2 years ago and is merely the equivalent of FW dip which offers temporary relief and not a cure

 

[Exotrezy]

Peroxide slows healing and in some cases as an antiseptic causes issues. Humblefish had a recommendation 2 years ago and is merely the equivalent of FW dip which offers temporary relief and not a cure

Yes, and then afterwards I will order some Seachem Metroplex to dose into the qt. Is that good?