Help My Clownfish!

[stargirly1208]

help! i posted in the saltwater forums seeing if they know anything but i was also wondering if you guys knew anything also.
my roommates clownfish have seemed to get some disease. we thought it was ich and treated, but it didn't work. now we tried fungus because they look fuzzy and still nothing worked. they're in a hospital tank but we have no idea what else to do! the pictures and link to the post in saltwater forum is below. please take a look and tell me what you think we can do. (sorry for quality of pics, those fish never stop wiggling)
link to saltwater

 

[knight]

could it be white spot.. can marine fish get this ?

 

[rdd1952]

You won't get very much help in the FW section. Some people have both FW & SW but very few.

 

[Audfish]

It looks kind of like Velvet to me.
(from http/www.fishforever.co.uk/fish-disease.html)
"Velvet (Oodinium)
Velvet is a parasite that is often confused as ich. The difference is, velvet is smaller and infects predominately the body and looks like a fine powder rather than salt sprinkles. Velvet attacks the body of the infected fish and is very contagious. Velvet is most likely caused by stress, poor water quality or chilling (sudden changes in water temperature). Velvet is a bit easier to cure than ich because the life cycle is shorter. However, this disease can prove fatal if left untreated.
Symptoms: Fish will dart around and flash or scrape its self against aquarium d飯r, appearance of fine yellowish or white dust on body, fins clamped and/or rapid gill fluctuation (breathing heavily).
Treatment: Increasing the temperature to 82?F and application of a commercial chemical treatment is most effective. It is also said that adding salt will aid the fish in its recovery as in ich. " (from http/www.fishforever.co.uk/fish-disease.html)

 

[ArauraDiscus]

I didn't think velvet was a saltwater parasite too? I only thought ich was the common parasite for both fresh and salt?

 

[Audfish]

I didn't think velvet was a saltwater parasite too? I only thought ich was the common parasite for both fresh and salt?

No, I do believe that Velvet can attack saltwater fish as well. You could look up information on it under "Marine Velvet" There is a very informative page on it at "http/freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/velvet.htm"

 

[stargirly1208]

thanks for the suggestions guys! the saltwater forum also said something about a strange disease only clowns get. but this info did help, i didn't even think of velvet