Eradicating brook

[Jpiotro]

Good morning everyone. I know brook is present in my tank and I'm wondering how I get rid of it so that way new fish don't get it. the fish in the tank currently show zero signs of it but I added a new fish and It died after about a week with signs of brook. Just looking for some ideas to get it out.

 

[Subliminal]

Fallow for 6 weeks. Ask me how I know. ;-)

If you have any fish in the tank, it isn't fallow...so once all fish are out, 6 weeks start.

 

[Jpiotro]

Fallow for 6 weeks. Ask me how I know. ;-)

If you have any fish in the tank, it isn't fallow...so once all fish are out, 6 weeks start.

hard part is I don't have another tank setup to put the other fish in.

 

[Lavey29]

hard part is I don't have another tank setup to put the other fish in.

Then the disease continues to live in your tank.

 

[Subliminal]

hard part is I don't have another tank setup to put the other fish in.

Yep. Understood. It’s a real pain in the butt.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good morning everyone. I know brook is present in my tank and I'm wondering how I get rid of it so that way new fish don't get it. the fish in the tank currently show zero signs of it but I added a new fish and It died after about a week with signs of brook. Just looking for some ideas to get it out.

Describe signs of brook - any pics?
Brook has a direct life cycle and depend on a host fish for reproduction and survival as its a ciliated parasite and not protozoan. They need direct contact with a fish to survive. Introducing another fish and poor water condition often is why you get brook which generally starts at gills of a given fish. Four weeks without a host is adequate but 6 weeks will assure they are truly gone.
QT is not a necessity as you can defeat this parasite with ruby Rally Pro which is Acriflavine safely in a reef system

 

[Jpiotro]

Describe signs of brook - any pics?
Brook has a direct life cycle and depend on a host fish for reproduction and survival as its a ciliated parasite and not protozoan. They need direct contact with a fish to survive. Introducing another fish and poor water condition often is why you get brook which generally starts at gills of a given fish. Four weeks without a host is adequate but 6 weeks will assure they are truly gone

One of my previous threads should have a picture or 2. Currently there are no signs of brook but I know if I introduce another clown that it will contract it, last week I tried to introduce a new clown and it had gotten brook and died but the other fish in the tank were unaffected.

 

[vetteguy53081]

One of my previous threads should have a picture or 2. Currently there are no signs of brook but I know if I introduce another clown that it will contract it, last week I tried to introduce a new clown and it had gotten brook and died but the other fish in the tank were unaffected.

Try to go with tank raised clowns which rarely if ever contract brook. Its the wild caught clowns which most certainly get this

 

[JaFish720]

My LFS sells fish so fast that so many fish go through their tanks. My clowns had brook and everyone was trying to tell me there’s no way my captive bred clowns had brook. Well last week who knows what fish were in that same tank. I’ve seen tons of fish there with ich, velvet, brook, even uronema. So going with tank raised fish won’t help. Best is to QT before addind ANY fish to your DT. Even if you do it in a bucket.

 

[chimbo84]

I had the same issue happen to me. I brought home two Darwin clowns that had it and it spread to my two other systems (all three are plumbed into one sump). It was dumb to not QT them and I ended up losing five clowns in a two week period. I was able to catch and treat my sixth and final clown and she’s doing much better right now but now I am left with what to do. All the systems have multiple fish in them and I cannot fallow the tanks for six weeks.

 

[PlumbTuckered]

hard part is I don't have another tank setup to put the other fish in.

You must go fallow. Use a storage bin, Lowes 5 gallon buckets work nice too.

 

[JaFish720]

Also when you go fallow, dose nitrates! I didn’t and then got red slime like crazy

 

[Subliminal]

I went fish fallow and invert heavy for 7 weeks. Lots of coral, anemone, crabs, shrimp, snails. No dosing, just occasionally feeding and everything did great. No algae issues of any kind, and coral kept growing.

 

[Jpiotro]

I had the same issue happen to me. I brought home two Darwin clowns that had it and it spread to my two other systems (all three are plumbed into one sump). It was dumb to not QT them and I ended up losing five clowns in a two week period. I was able to catch and treat my sixth and final clown and she’s doing much better right now but now I am left with what to do. All the systems have multiple fish in them and I cannot fallow the tanks for six weeks.

Since you can't fallow what're you gonna do?

 

[Jpiotro]

You must go fallow. Use a storage bin, Lowes 5 gallon buckets work nice too.

i'll figure out something

 

[Jpiotro]

Describe signs of brook - any pics?
Brook has a direct life cycle and depend on a host fish for reproduction and survival as its a ciliated parasite and not protozoan. They need direct contact with a fish to survive. Introducing another fish and poor water condition often is why you get brook which generally starts at gills of a given fish. Four weeks without a host is adequate but 6 weeks will assure they are truly gone.
QT is not a necessity as you can defeat this parasite with ruby Rally Pro which is Acriflavine safely in a reef system

since brook affects clownfish and fish in that family would I be able to just remove the clowns to a sterile system for 6 weeks?

 

[vetteguy53081]

since brook affects clownfish and fish in that family would I be able to just remove the clowns to a sterile system for 6 weeks?

You can but after treament as treatment still required- Why?
Brook is an opportunistic kidney bean shaped ciliated protozoan which needs a fish as a host for survival and while they live on a fish's skin favor going for the gills. Because it has a direct life cycle, it feeds exclusively on fish. If they are not addressed- will simply multiply as they are fast moving.

 

[Jpiotro]

You can but after treament as treatment still required- Why?
Brook is an opportunistic kidney bean shaped ciliated protozoan which needs a fish as a host for survival and while they live on a fish's skin favor going for the gills. Because it has a direct life cycle, it feeds exclusively on fish. If they are not addressed- will simply multiply as they are fast moving.

okay i will remove all fish. so If I go fallow for minimum 6 weeks I should be good to reintroduce all fish after?

 

[vetteguy53081]

okay i will remove all fish. so If I go fallow for minimum 6 weeks I should be good to reintroduce all fish after?

Yes as they will have no direct host and die off. If you want, during the 6 week period , you can add some Ruby Rally Pro to the tank which is safe for inverts and assure these protozoans are truly knocked out