Help me cure my poor Coral :( he has Brooklynella disease

[Lily Lemire]

These baths may be effective, so long as you move the fish to a sterile tank afterward. Not going back the the Brook infested tank it came from.

But how am i supposed to get the brook parasites out of the main tank?? Im confused a bit there....

 

[Lily Lemire]

There have been cases where repeated freshwater dips over several days have eliminated Brook. Kinda like TTM for Ich. But must go into a fresh tank each time as @HotRocks posted earlier.

Ill try the freshwater dip for like 3 to 5 minutes till i get RRR but i still dont know how to clear the Brook parasite out of the main tank...

 

[Grossman90]

Ill try the freshwater dip for like 3 to 5 minutes till i get RRR but i still dont know how to clear the Brook parasite out of the main tank...

DT has to be fallow for 6 weeks like hotrocks said. Means you can't have any fish in it for that time. Your only option is to buy another tank. Sucks!

 

[reef lover]

U can get a 10 gal at petco for very cheap that would be plenty for a qt. the display tank needs to be empty of fish for a long enough period for the parasites to die. Or youll be in an endless circle...

 

[Lily Lemire]

I would set up a simple QT tank.

I have other reef tanks... is it okay if i

U can get a 10 gal at petco for very cheap that would be plenty for a qt. the display tank needs to be empty of fish for a long enough period for the parasites to die. Or youll be in an endless circle...

Thanks !
I was so tired yesterday i missed the "fallow" period information lol... so now a QT tank is not an option any more... can i use a 6 or 7 gallons ?

 

[Lily Lemire]

Hey there....would a 6 or 7 gallon Fluval Edge be enough for the 6 weeks of QT ?

 

[Josh Kraft]

I know you posted 1 clownfish as being sick, but are there any other fish? Fallow means all fish need to be taken out, even if not sick.

If you just have 1 clownfish to remove, you should be fine, get an ammonia alert badge, and do water changes / add prime/bacteria in a bottle if you see the ammonia creeping up.

You won't be doing any treatment in the QT, just storing the fish until your DT is clear of brook

 

[EmdeReef]

Hey there....would a 6 or 7 gallon Fluval Edge be enough for the 6 weeks of QT ?

If it’s only 1 clownfish it will do. Just make sure to have an airstone, small pump, or HOB filter on.

 

[Lily Lemire]

I know you posted 1 clownfish as being sick, but are there any other fish? Fallow means all fish need to be taken out, even if not sick.

If you just have 1 clownfish to remove, you should be fine, get an ammonia alert badge, and do water changes / add prime/bacteria in a bottle if you see the ammonia creeping up.

You won't be doing any treatment in the QT, just storing the fish until your DT is clear of brook

There's a another clownfish in the DT too... so id be putting those 2 fishes in the small 7 gallons tank for 6 weeks....is this ok?

 

[Lily Lemire]

If it’s only 1 clownfish it will do. Just make sure to have an airstone, small pump, or HOB filter on.

and is its a clownfish couple? ... cause its the only tank i can use right away....

 

[EmdeReef]

and is its a clownfish couple? ... cause its the only tank i can use right away....

Are they both showing signs of brook and have you dipped both?
While not ideal, clowns should be ok in a small tank. Make sure to have an ammonia badge and good filtration. Can throw in some seachem matrix and add bacteria to get the biofilter jumpstarted.

 

[reef lover]

Yup as above theyll be fine just keep ontop of the water changes to keep ammonia at bay.

 

[Lily Lemire]

Are they both showing signs of brook and have you dipped both?
While not ideal, clowns should be ok in a small tank. Make sure to have an ammonia badge and good filtration. Can throw in some seachem matrix and add bacteria to get the biofilter jumpstarted.

The other clown is doing just fine...

 

[4FordFamily]

The other clown is doing just fine...

The parasite will live on with a host, even if the resident fish are seemingly unaffected. The fish you treat and eventually add later will become ill again. Other fish added later as well may fall.

 

[Lily Lemire]

I used Ruby Reef Rally in a bath for 30 minutes. Then transferred to a qt.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/

You said you used RRR as a bath before QT but do you remember how much RRR did you put in the bath saltwater ? And how long ? I received the product in the past hour and am seeking advice as to how much i should put in the bath and how long should it be (you said 30 minutes)

 

[Lily Lemire]

Can someone please tell me how much RRR (ml) i should put in a 30 minutes bath ? I just received it with the one-day shipping from amazon.ca yayy!!
I dont have enough saltwater to set up the QT tonight (emergency wc in other sw tank and reef store was closed) and i will be buying some tomorrow so she will have her RRR bath tonight and back in the main tank til tomorrow ill doing a second RRR bath and put her in 7 gal. QT. How does this sounds to you guys ? Also i am seeking advice because her eye is cloudy and was wondering if i need to put something in her QT tank to heal the cloudy eye.

 

[Lily Lemire]

The parasite will live on with a host, even if the resident fish are seemingly unaffected. The fish you treat and eventually add later will become ill again. Other fish added later as well may fall.

Okay so if i understand correctly i need to put the healthy male in QT too... its pretty logical since it wouldnt be a "fallow " period if there was amy fish left in DT....

 

[HotRocks]

If moving to QT I would suggest dosing Metroplex for 10 days as instructed.

RRR has dosing instructions for using as a bath. Add instructed amount to saltwater.

 

[HotRocks]

Okay so if i understand correctly i need to put the healthy male in QT too... its pretty logical since it wouldnt be a "fallow " period if there was amy fish left in DT....

Correct treat both the symptomatic and asymptomatic fish the same.

 

[Lily Lemire]

Thats what she looks like today.... sorry i know its crappy pictures but theyre like the most out of tons of pics i took ...shes so hyperactive :/