white fungus on clown fish

[wolfmeyer]

when i got this tomo clown, he was bright red but after 2week he started to get a white fungus on the side of his face. now his body has started to turn black and he still as this fungus 3 month later. i don't like to treat my tank so i let it ride.

he eat fine and seems fine but now i see a little white stuff on the fins of my purple tang

can anybody help

thanks

[SIReefer]

Sounds like ick,

can you get a picture of the fungus?

If it is ick you will need to either quarantine the fish infected and treat with copper based ick solutions or use reef safe, and make sure it is reef safe ick removers.

Good luck, and keep us posted :)

[steve1s]

when i got this tomato clown, he was bright red but after 2week he started to get a white fungus on the side of his face

Sound like Brooklynella. Have a look and see....?? Could also be a tipical fungus caused by secondary infection.

http://www.aquarium.net/0497/0497_6.shtml

Cheers
Steve

[phistio]

more than likely sounds like ick, and maybe marine velvet...

if you don't want to treat with medicine (i never do) you can move to a q-tank, and start hyposalinity...