Brooklynella
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Big G
captain dunsel
Not a big fan of Formalin. It contains known carcinogens which can cause health issues later for the fish. For Brook, my own preferred method is to do a bath in an acriflavine product like Ruby Reef Rally. 60-90 minute bath and then placed into a fresh QT. May have to repeat this, but have had great success with just one bath for 90 minutes as Brook is a surface parasite and the RRR takes care of it quite nicely. Also like RRR as it has both antiseptic and antibiotic qualities which help to avoid secondary bacterial infections.
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
This is great advice. Metroplex often takes care of it as well as CP.
How long can fish survive without treatment? Can Brooklynella be in a DT for months or even longer without treatment or killing fish?
Are you saying that Metroplex can also be a treatment for Brooklynella?
Thanks,
Shelley
Are you saying that Metroplex can also be a treatment for Brooklynella?
Thanks,
Shelley
Big G
captain dunsel
Thanks Gary. I have read through it. I ran into this thread while doing other research. And a light went off! Some of my mollies have these symptoms. While my clown fish, angels, tang, butterfly and a few others show no symptoms. They have been in this tank for a year or more. The mollies appear to be the only ones affected.
Not sure what my next coarse of action will be. ;Sorry
Shelley
Not sure what my next coarse of action will be. ;Sorry
Shelley
Okinawa_reefer
Active Member
Bringing this thread up once again...last year I had lost two fish to brook. Though my 6 line wrasse did not get infected and he’s still in the tank. The fish that I lost to brook was probably about 5 months ago. I never did remove the 6 line as he didn’t show any symptoms. Is it safe to introduce new fish I currently have that has made it through quarantine? Should I be taking any precautious measures?
Okinawa_reefer
Active Member
Bringing this thread up once again...last year I had lost two fish to brook. Though my 6 line wrasse did not get infected and he’s still in the tank. The fish that I lost to brook was probably about 5 months ago. I never did remove the 6 line as he didn’t show any symptoms. Is it safe to introduce new fish I currently have that has made it through quarantine? Should I be taking any precautious measures?
Big G
captain dunsel
Metro is an alternative treatment for brook.
Big G
captain dunsel
Sometimes clowns become carriers of the parasites and other species seem somewhat immune. Perhaps not with the mollies. So you have the parasites in your DT
wesman42
Valuable Member
What if you are unable to transfer tanks? Should another option like metro + repeated baths be used? My clownfish pair are in their own biocube. There's no coral, so I'm not worried about the solution being reef safe.
I already have a quarantine set up for my mixed reef. There's 3 fish in a 20l....so there's also no more room/space for at least a month if not longer.
I already have a quarantine set up for my mixed reef. There's 3 fish in a 20l....so there's also no more room/space for at least a month if not longer.
Big G
captain dunsel
It's not just whether particular meds are reef safe, but that they also effect the biofilm in the tank in that it can create a condition where the biofilm can develop resistance to the med and or other similar meds making their future use effectiveness questionable.
wesman42
Valuable Member
So is this a fast process? Or could I treat the tank for the recommended 6 weeks, and keep in mind that the tank will only be treated once because my quarantine would/will be free by then anyway...and thus I won't need to be worried about antibiotic resistance given the fish wouldn't be treated in the same tank again.
Big G
captain dunsel
Ruby Reef Rally would be my choice for a setup like you describe. They claim it to be reef safe so the effect on treating the tank should be minimal, and the acriflavine in it should do the job on Brook's free swimming parasites in the tank water. Could consider also to give the fish baths in a formalin based product like Hikari's Quick Ick X, that would double the treatment which is a good idea for Brook. It can be a difficult parasite to eliminate.
JaimeAdams
2500 Club Member
What is the treatment protocol to use Metro to treat brook? Is it 500mg per 20 gallon? Would treatment of an entire system with metro be a legitimate way of dealing with this parasite?
Thank you. Can it be caused by stress? Fish didn’t show any signs until after drip acclimation. They were at the store for 3 months before I bought them and 30+ days in my observation tank before I put them in DT. I floated them in the observation tank and drip acclimated to the DT. So 4+ months no signs of anything.
