Brook outbreak killing everything

[Pole04]

Long story short I was stupid. I bought some expensive clowns and placed them in one of my tanks that already had a goby, a kole tang, a royal gramma, some snails, and a cleaner shrimp.

The fish have presented with they typical sloughing slime coat, flashing, and labored breathing.

One clown died before ever showing symptoms. I treated to other clown and the gramma which was flashing. They seem to be doing ok.

I tried treating the tang but he was too far gone and died a few minutes ago, and the goby kicked it earlier today without warning....

Long story short I have clown and a royal gramma left in the tank. There are some snails and the cleaner shrimp in there too.

I had been treating with Mardel Quick Cure (formalin) and isolating them, but I’m thinking I need to treat the display. Is this a good idea or not? Can interest with the dry rock (been in the cycles tank for 7 months+) and some snails? Or do I need to remove the fish, treat them again separately and go fallow (shrimp and snails only) for 70 days?

I have no corals in this tanks. Thanks in advance!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Before removing fish- we need to identify what was in tank that caused issue ...... parasite or fungus or bacterial

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Long story short I was stupid. I bought some expensive clowns and placed them in one of my tanks that already had a goby, a kole tang, a royal gramma, some snails, and a cleaner shrimp.

The fish have presented with they typical sloughing slime coat, flashing, and labored breathing.

One clown died before ever showing symptoms. I treated to other clown and the gramma which was flashing. They seem to be doing ok.

I tried treating the tang but he was too far gone and died a few minutes ago, and the goby kicked it earlier today without warning....

Long story short I have clown and a royal gramma left in the tank. There are some snails and the cleaner shrimp in there too.

I had been treating with Mardel Quick Cure (formalin) and isolating them, but I’m thinking I need to treat the display. Is this a good idea or not? Can interest with the dry rock (been in the cycles tank for 7 months+) and some snails? Or do I need to remove the fish, treat them again separately and go fallow (shrimp and snails only) for 70 days?

I have no corals in this tanks. Thanks in advance!

For brook you’ll need to put your fish into QT and leave your DT fallow for 6 weeks to starve out the parasite.

 

[Kirschy17]

Have had brook, killed all fish but one. Had to “restart”.

Put all remaining fish in qt, treat all fish and have the tank fallow for 6 weeks as mentioned above.

Good luck

 

[Pole04]

Will leaving the inverts in the tank be ok? I can move the shrimp and snails to my DT or refugium for the other tank if necessary, but I am afraid they will carry something with them.

 

[Pole04]

Before removing fish- we need to identify what was in tank that caused issue ...... parasite or fungus or bacterial

I am 99% sure it is Brook. I saw Brook in action three years ago when I bought another pair of clowns, and this is exactly the same. The slime coat on the tang was crazy and fast. He went from looking frosted to having slime sloughing off of him in 24 hours, dead 12 hours later.

There are no signs of ich/velvet, and as for fungal there are no indications.

I am going to keep a watch on my Royal Gramma tonight. If she is still flashing or looking pale, I will move her and the clown back to a QT and treat them there and leave them for 6 weeks.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Will leaving the inverts in the tank be ok? I can move the shrimp and snails to my DT or refugium for the other tank if necessary, but I am afraid they will carry something with them.

leaving inverts in tank is ok as long as you aren't medicating the tank

 

[sharpimage]

Don't move anything wet from that tank to put into another system. Anything wet can cross contaminate. Put the 2 fish in a dedicated hospital tank for treatment.

 

[Pole04]

It's over, walked in to find everything dead, QT and tank. I will leave it with just the shrimp and snails for a few months then try again...

 

[Dom]

It's over, walked in to find everything dead, QT and tank. I will leave it with just the shrimp and snails for a few months then try again...

This is a drag. Sorry to read this. Maybe consider breaking down, sanitizing and starting again? Now would be the time.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

This is a drag. Sorry to read this. Maybe consider breaking down, sanitizing and starting again? Now would be the time.

You can’t reliably sanitize rock unless you bleach it, Cure it, etc. just let the tank go fallow for 6 weeks to kill off the brook.

 

[Dom]

You can’t reliably sanitize rock unless you bleach it, Cure it, etc. just let the tank go fallow for 6 weeks to kill off the brook.

Then that's what I'd do. For peace of mind, sanitize everything and start new.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

If you truly are down to nothing a total redo may be warranted to avoid 6 weeks of waiting . I think brandon429 has a thread something like this.

If there is inverts and coral to be saved I would go the fallow route. Don’t forget to ghost feed the tank from time to time

 

[mmw64]

It's over, walked in to find everything dead, QT and tank. I will leave it with just the shrimp and snails for a few months then try again...

So sorry!

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Also, I did forget to say sorry as well. I know what happens when it hits, it took out 3/4 of my tank years ago.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

That stinks. Sorry to hear of your troubles

 

[Drew in Texas]

That sucks, sorry about your loss. Lost my 5 yo 125g a year ago the same way. Full of thriving corals and fish. Lost 8 fish in 18 hours. 1 bad fish from the lfs. Learned the hard way about keeping a quarantine tank. I fallowed my tank for 7 months, despite my wife asking every 20 minutes if it was OK to put fish back in. I swear, it was worse than a car trip with kids. Can we put some in yet, can we put some in yet, can we put some in yet... NO!