what is this on my clown?

I noticed the bubble looking things a couple days ago, and the other thing just yesterday.  

Yes, he has been in QT for about 4 weeks now, and I just noticed it.  I set up the QT tank just a few days before adding the fish, so I did have to do large water changes and use prime to keep the fish safe from ammonia and nitrite.  I Also seeded with with a sponge from my tank, and used stability to try and get the cycle going faster.  It took a while to finish the nitrogen cycle, but ammonia and nitrite are now 0.

Nitroferizon is a good chemical to use for various problems, though I don't remember if it kills flukes.
Flatworm Exit/Levamisole is supposed to kill flukes.
Did you try a different brand of Garlic Oil. I have 2 different brands in my fish stuff right now. One or the other always seems to work for me. In case you missed it, I mentioned this in the Tip about the use of Garlic Oil.

Check this old thread for some other useful information about QT's: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8442

Anytime you want to set up a tank quickly and not see the N Cycle, just add a large clump of Macroalgae and for extra efficiency or if the algae clump isn't large, simply light it 24/7. (Some LR and LS helps too.) The algae eats up all the N so the typical start-up problems never happen. No water changes, no brown algae no problems.  I know it works. I just did it on the frag tank I set up a month ago. The anemone, the Coco Worm and all the frags I got at the Fragfest are doing awesome. Polyps came out almost immediately and have stayed out. I've already fragged, grown out and sold Green Sinularia from this tank.


Edited by Mark Peterson - January 12 2011 at 11:32am

A freshwater dip is for external hitchhikers. These bumps/protrusions/inflamations appear internal.

the salinity is not the problem is the filtration that needs to be stable during this 8 weeks

Mark Peterson wrote: Nitroferizon is a good chemical to use for various problems, though I don't remember if it kills flukes. Flatworm Exit/Levamisole is supposed to kill flukes. Did you try a different brand of Garlic Oil. I have 2 different brands in my fish stuff right now. One or the other always seems to work for me. In case you missed it, I mentioned this in the Tip about the use of Garlic Oil. Check this old thread for some other useful information about QT's: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8442 Anytime you want to set up a tank quickly and not see the N Cycle, just add a large clump of Macroalgae and for extra efficiency or if the algae clump isn't large, simply light it 24/7. (Some LR and LS helps too.) The algae eats up all the N so the typical start-up problems never happen. No water changes, no brown algae no problems.  I know it works. I just did it on the frag tank I set up a month ago. The anemone, the Coco Worm and all the frags I got at the Fragfest are doing awesome. Polyps came out almost immediately and have stayed out. I've already fragged, grown out and sold Green Sinularia from this tank.

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SGH360 wrote: if flukes is the problem Freshwater dip is the fast relieve, they will fall right off.

You would probably need to find Nitroferizone online.

The major problem with your situation is that when the fish are returned to the display, they will again be exposed to, and subject to, the problems that put them in the QT in the first place.
I know that I seem crazy, and some hobbyists choose to ignore me, but this situation is the reason why I am always emphasizing that a hobbyist should learn how to provide the healthiest environment in their display tank. Some hobbyists prefer the look, but a clean sterile looking display is not the healthiest aquarium.

It's just me.  I get a little crazy because I see people repeating the things that have been tried the same way over and over and over again and they don't accept that I am basing my comments on many years packed full of observing those failed attempts.

You said, "I will have healthy fish in a tank without ich."
Out of respect, I will just repeat what I have said before:
Because you can never eliminate stress and because you can never completely eliminate nor avoid re-introducing Ich into an aquarium.
Because a too clean system is not healthy.
Because Nature needs to be allowed to do it's thing,
The healthiest and most stable system is the one that may look a little dirty and cluttered. It is this clutter, this plethora of living creatures that make it all work. The living organisms support each other so that they will survive even when the hobbyist makes a stupid mistake, or a piece of equipment fails.

I'm not smart about a lot of things, but I know how to keep coral and fish. And that's all I have to say about that.


Edited by Mark Peterson - January 13 2011 at 9:50am