Fish died

[harlie_baby]

well it is possible his deformity lead to his death. There is no telling if he had other internal defects.

Very true and possible.

 

[harlie_baby]

I never did see him at the surface though, he stayed near the bottom of the tank or in the clay pot

 

[Tamberav]

Very true and possible.

Could even be fluid had accumulated in his head and he lost the fight. It’s hard to say without someone who can do fish autopsies.

For possible disease, leave the tank with no fish for 45 days min at 81 degrees to rid it of parasites. May want to do this just to be safe.

 

[harlie_baby]

Would I be able to drain the tank, clean everything including filters, put new saltwater in and let it cycle? Or am I better off to just leave it empty and running? He was the only fish in the tank

 

[vetteguy53081]

If it was brooklynella how do I treat the tank?

Do you have other fish in the tank ?

 

[harlie_baby]

Do you have other fish in the tank ?

Nope

 

[Tamberav]

Would I be able to drain the tank, clean everything including filters, put new saltwater in and let it cycle? Or am I better off to just leave it empty and running? He was the only fish in the tank

You would need to let everything get bone dry or run it with bleach or chlorine. Missing no drops.

If you don’t have other livestock you could try turning the heat way up to speed the diseases cycle but I don’t know the times off the top of my head.

You might be able to ruby rally it but I don’t consider reef safe meds to be 100 percent effective.

 

[Rmckoy]

I’d personally consider it just a fish death . But he sure to quarantine anything in the future .

 

[Tamberav]

If you don’t have any corals or inverts then my guess is there is a dosage of ruby reef that could work..

 

[harlie_baby]

If you don’t have any corals or inverts then my guess is there is a dosage of ruby reef that could work..

The tank is now empty,he was the only thing in it.

 

[Rmckoy]

How many tanks do you have ?
I was just looking at your previous posts .
it seams you might not have the best of luck with clownfish .

assuming you’re also from
Ontario Canada ?
Where do you buy your fish from ?

 

[harlie_baby]

I have 3 tanks. And apparently bad luck with clownfish lol. My smaller tank is doing great. My 32 gallon is good except the loss of my gold nugget. I buy my fish from my lfs here in Jefferson City TN. My lfs is owned by a hatchery in which I work for

 

[Tamberav]

The tank is now empty,he was the only thing in it.

If you don’t mind starting over. I would just take the tank down and get everything bone dry with a fan on it. Make sure it’s very dry for at least 48 hours. Use new media and sand if the sand isn’t dry/clean and start over.

Anything very porous may be hard to really know if it’s dry. Not sure if you had live rock or just media.

I tend to like to avoid chemicals so this is how I do it for my QT tanks but there are other methods with chlorine and such that can be found.

You could also try cranking the temp to 90s for two weeks and add ruby rally and hope for the best.

Since it is a hatchery perhaps there is no disease component unless something got cross contaminated.

 

[harlie_baby]

I have live sand in the tank

 

[vetteguy53081]

Nope

Ok good, let the tank remain empty for 10-14 days. Brook needs a fish to reproduce and live on to survive. The 10-14 day period assures any that dropped off will die off due to no host

 

[Lavey29]

This does not look like any result of stray voltage . Was fish eating up to the time of death ?
Was it breathing normal or labored that you saw ?
Was it getting lethargic and refusing to eat and hiding?
swimming normal or darting occasionally ?

This was all answered in the second post

 

[harlie_baby]

I will leave the tank empty. Should I do anything else like raise the temperature or anything like that? Incase it's something besides brooklynella

 

[Lavey29]

I will leave the tank empty. Should I do anything else like raise the temperature or anything like that? Incase it's something besides brooklynella

If it was brook you would have noticed abnormal behavior prior to death and a dusty film coating covering the fish. You stated you did not observe anything and the fish was eating fine.

 

[Tamberav]

I will leave the tank empty. Should I do anything else like raise the temperature or anything like that? Incase it's something besides brooklynella

this may be helpful

45 Day Fallow periods

I've been doing some research into the "76 day fallow period". I never heard of that prior to coming to Reef2Reef this past summer. I had always used 32 days as the maximum time for a tomont to remain viable under tropical conditions, and then I would round up to 45 days to help ensure that...

www.reef2reef.com

I want to think it is the birth defect of the fish though I am not sure why it’s fins are torn then… since no other fish or cuc.

Were the fins tattered before it died ? Sometimes flukes cause this.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I will leave the tank empty. Should I do anything else like raise the temperature or anything like that? Incase it's something besides brooklynella

run as normal but you can siphon the surface in a week to remove any possible dead ones