Sick clown fish - help please

[Banks]

My female clown developed this sore on its mouth a couple of days ago. Anyone have any idea what it is. Sorry about the bad photos it's the best I could do with the camera I have.

A little background:
I have a had my aquarium for 2 months now; it is a 40 gallon with live sand and a good amount of live rock, no sump yet. It shares the tank with another (male) clown fish and a yellow tang. There was a lawnmower blenny but he disapeared a couple of weeks ago, i seached quite exhaustivly even pulling out all the rock to find him but to no avail. I also have 5 hermit crabs and turbo snails each.

I do 10% water changes every week and have coraline algea growing on my rock and tank walls.

My water parameters are:
Amonia - 0
Nitrites - .05 ppm
Nitrates - 30 ppm
PH - 8.0
Salinity - 1.023

That's everything I can think of...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--Steve

 

[afboundguy]

Do you have a QT tank? If so I'd put her in that ASAP and medicate. If that's not an option I would go with Pimafix and Melafix (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=11269) at the same time. I used this before I had my QT tank and it's not supposed to mess up your good bacteria.

 

[Banks]

clown pimple

Do you have a QT tank? If so I'd put her in that ASAP and medicate. If that's not an option I would go with Pimafix and Melafix (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=11269) at the same time. I used this before I had my QT tank and it's not supposed to mess up your good bacteria.

Thanks afboundguy; she's already in a QT tank but before I medicate I need to know what is wrong with her. Any pointers on what she has?

 

[afboundguy]

Can't really tell but looks like a fungus. Get some Mardel medication and they have a lot of choices for medication and get something that does fungus infections. Inside there is a pretty good chart to help figure out what she has.

 

[Banks]

Will the medications affect my soft corals and LPS?

 

[deuceb]

quarantine tank

ithought you sai dit was in a quarantine tank?

 

[Banks]

I have a small tank (10 gal) I am using as my quarenten in this instance which has a new ricordia and lps that I was quarenteening before introducing into my larger tank (40 gal).

 

[afboundguy]

The pimafix and melefix is supposed to be reef safe. Just make sure the medications say reef safe

 

[Banks]

Thanks guys, I'll swing by sea creatures this afternoon.

 

[Brad S]

I'd try to lower your nitrates as well...