I have ick...REEF SAFE OPTIONS?!?

[Crabs McJones]

@Crabs McJones

Can you snap a pic? How big are the red soars

 

[Malifry97]

Can you snap a pic? How big are the red soars

I can get a pic in 30 min to an hour. The sores are splotchy and about 2-4 mm

 

[HotRocks]

Interested in seeing the pic. Ich typically wouldn’t leave red sores behind. A secondary bacterial infection is a possibility.

 

[Malifry97]

The sores were actually not there. It was a result of lighting. All of my fish are damsels and believe it is brookynella and ich combo. here is best photos I could get of the worst case.

 

[Malifry97]

Here are the pics

 

[Malifry97]

The fishes eyes are cloudy and there is a slight slime and white dots. Also the only fish (my first fish) that has not been affected by anything yet is my Sargent Major.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Here are the pics

Does look like brook.
Formalin is the most effective treatment for Brook, but using Ruby Reef Rally is another good option. Both are best applied via bath treatment, and more information on this can be found in the links below.

Formalin (45 min bath) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/formalin.290925/

Rally (90 min bath) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acriflavine.282887/

 

[Malifry97]

Does look like brook.
Formalin is the most effective treatment for Brook, but using Ruby Reef Rally is another good option. Both are best applied via bath treatment, and more information on this can be found in the links below.

Formalin (45 min bath) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/formalin.290925/

Rally (90 min bath) https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acriflavine.282887/

thank you. how long does a tank need to be fishless for brookynella to die?

 

[Crabs McJones]

thank you. how long does a tank need to be fishless for brookynella to die?

76 days will cover pretty much everything, ich, velvet, brook

 

[Malifry97]

76 days will cover pretty much everything, ich, velvet, brook

Ok Thanks! Would it be ok if I use a sterilite tub with a filter and pvc as a QT.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ok Thanks! Would it be ok if I use a sterilite tub with a filter and pvc as a QT.

Absolutely!

 

[Malifry97]

Also. How probable is it that all my fish not just my clowns got this. Because it looks like they did.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Also. How probable is it that all my fish not just my clowns got this. Because it looks like they did.

If one has it, treat it like they all have it.

 

[Malifry97]

If one has it, treat it like they all have it.

Will Do.

 

[Malifry97]

where can i find formalin. what do you recommend baths or in tank dosing?

 

[Crabs McJones]

where can i find formalin. what do you recommend baths or in tank dosing?

Baths, and then to your sterile qt. Check this thread out on Formalin. Ruby Reef Raly is also a more readily available option

Formalin

FORMALIN Formalin (37% formaldehyde) What It Treats – Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium), Brooklynella, Uronema, Flukes (Monogeneans), Black Ich (Turbellarians). How To Treat – In order for Formalin to be fully effective, the product you are using should contain 37% formaldehyde. At present...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Malifry97]

Baths, and then to your sterile qt. Check this thread out on Formalin. Ruby Reef Raly is also a more readily available option

Formalin

FORMALIN Formalin (37% formaldehyde) What It Treats – Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium), Brooklynella, Uronema, Flukes (Monogeneans), Black Ich (Turbellarians). How To Treat – In order for Formalin to be fully effective, the product you are using should contain 37% formaldehyde. At present...

www.reef2reef.com

is ruby reef rally as effective as formalin? I found formalin on amazon

 

[boacvh]

I went through similar issue with ich. It's on my build thread. I just didn't have big enough QT real estate to go fallow. It wasn't a possibility for me at the time. So after reading a lot about management in these forums, and before I started purchasing a whole lot of new equipment I didn't have for a bigger QT, I tried polyplab medic. I am aware I probably didn't cure it and I am just managing it, but I haven't seen a single white spot in 9 months (and I am watching them like a hawk). My reasoning was I might as well give this a try, it was cheap and it's just 10 days, so worst case scenario if that didn't work, then I could still go spend on bigger QT tank and additional equipment and go fallow anyway with 10 day delay. After reading many articles, humblefish and many other experts advocate for erradication, so if you can do that, perhaps better to do that to start with, I just didn't because at that point in time it wasn't a possibility for me. Disclaimer = I am a newbie so take anything I say with a grain of salt.

 

[Malifry97]

Also I read that formalin treats ich and black ich. is this true?

 

[Malifry97]

I went through similar issue. It's on my build thread. I just didn't have big enough QT real estate to go fallow. It wasn't a possibility for me at the time. So after reading a lot about management in these forums, and before I started purchasing a whole lot of new equipment I didn't have for a bigger QT, I tried polyplab medic. I am aware I probably didn't cure it and I am just managing it, but I haven't seen a single white spot in 9 months (and I am watching them like a hawk). My reasoning was I might as well give this a try, it was cheap and it's just 10 days, so worst case scenario if that didn't work, then I could still go spend on bigger QT tank and additional equipment and go fallow anyway with 10 day delay. After reading many articles, humblefish and many other experts advocate for erradication, so if you can do that, perhaps better to do that to start with, I just didn't because at that point in time it wasn't a possibility for me. Disclaimer = I am a newbie so take anything I say with a grain of salt.

I diagnosed with brook now. Thanks for the info though!