Clown Fish Murder Mystery

[krourke85]

G'Day All,

 

My Ocellaris died this morning, and I am now in mourning. I thought I would post this scenario in the format of a medical intern presenting a case to his registrar. Hope you find it interesting and please share any provisional diagnosis' you can think of!

 

Patient: Bob, 18 month old, male

 

Presenting Complaint: Dead

 

History (Hx) of Presenting Complaint:

- 2 day Hx of mild grey tinge to slime coat and occasional scratching against live rock

- No signs of floating sideways

- No other physical signs of sickness

- Deteriorated rapidly this morning

 

Past Medical Hx:

- None

 

Prescriptions:

- Recent switch to double dose of Phosguard after heavy dosing of Lanthanum Salts and darkness was ineffective in killing Bryopsis algae. Forgot to rinse last dose of phosguard.

 

Social Hx:

- Spent past month living in 6 week old Nuvo 8 Gallon tank

 

Investigations: Last testing 2 days ago

- Ammonia 0-0.25ppm

- pH: 8.0 (added buffer to correct on Sunday)

- Salinity: 1.0243

- kH: 7

- Temperature 25’C

- All other tests negative

- New testing shows pH is up to 8.2, kH up to 8 and ammonia down to 0

 

Family Hx:

- Larger, moderately aggressive clown added 1 wk ago

- A goldfish died in tank in same room within hours.

[Tamberav]

Death r/t brooklynella hostilis aeb grey tinge, scratching, exposure to new clown, and how quickly disease progressed.

[krourke85]

Thanks Tamberav. Just researched it and it looks like you've nailed it.