Help?

[Kcstoker1]

Any suggestions on what this is and how to treat it?

Thanks for any help you can provide. I haven't been able to get her out of my display until this morning. I'll have her QT'd in a hospital tank later today... Hoping she can make it that long.

 

[melypr1985]

Looks like brook to me. Here's a link to how to treat:

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

 

[Reefing Madness]

Brooklynella

 

[Humblefish]

^^Agree with brook. This fish needs a bath ASAP using either formalin or acriflavine, then transferred into a QT for further treatment. If you can't find either of the aforementioned chemicals, then doing a FW dip may buy you some time: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

 

[Kcstoker1]

Thank you for your help. I'm on it.

** Spoke too soon. Just got home to a dead fish.**

 

[Humblefish]

** Spoke too soon. Just got home to a dead fish.**

 

[melypr1985]

Thank you for your help. I'm on it.

** Spoke too soon. Just got home to a dead fish.**

Sorry for your loss

 

[4FordFamily]

Wow that's a serious case of brook. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Kcstoker1]

Thanks...

Fish population had dwindled down, due partly to a major Kalk debacle in February, due partly to occasional, inexplicable losses in months preceding. Like a pregnant female clown that just vanished one day. The one pictured was once the smaller, less dominant male. When she disappeared, I think he morphed. So I bought some new fish from a reputable vendor that I've used several times.

Somebody in that order brought this in and I haven't had a QT tank in a few years... That's getting set back up. A 5.5g is already up as a hospital tank with my lawnmower blenny, also suffering from similar symptoms.

Overall, I've lost 7 fish in two weeks, nearly everybody from the order and now several of my veterans.

If I can catch them, they'll go into QT with the blenny. I'm really not ready to tear down my aqua scale to catch the few remaining survivors.

 

[Humblefish]

If I can catch them, they'll go into QT with the blenny. I'm really not ready to tear down my aqua scale to catch the few remaining survivors.

Just a FYI for whenever you are ready; all survivors will need to be QT/treated for brook and the DT itself must be left fallow for 6 weeks to starve brook out of there.

 

[melypr1985]

Just a FYI for whenever you are ready; all survivors will need to be QT/treated for brook and the DT itself must be left fallow for 6 weeks to starve brook out of there.

^^ agreed 100% I'll add that I urge you to do this before adding any new fish.

 

[michellejy]

I am so sorry. I lost my clown to brook, and it was awful to see how quickly and horribly she declined.