I messed up!! HELP! Darwin Clown

Fishboy&crazycatfishlady · Jan 25, 2018

Okay I haven’t a clue at what I’m looking at or dealing with here! Just noticed this today, he still ate really well today. And I have a huge dilemma, QT tank and equipment was destroyed.....looonngg story.

Maritimer · Jan 25, 2018

Kind of looks like Brooklynella to me ... which is most commonly seen among clownfish: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/#post-2913287

A series of baths would help a lot, if you can do them, but QT treatment would as well. (Can you source a new QT?)

~Bruce

4FordFamily · Jan 25, 2018

Maritimer said:
Kind of looks like Brooklynella to me ... which is most commonly seen among clownfish: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/#post-2913287

A series of baths would help a lot, if you can do them, but QT treatment would as well. (Can you source a new QT?)

~Bruce

Agreed. I bought my QTs on Craigslist!

Fishboy&crazycatfishlady · Jan 25, 2018

Maritimer said:
Kind of looks like Brooklynella to me ... which is most commonly seen among clownfish: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/brooklynella.247938/#post-2913287

A series of baths would help a lot, if you can do them, but QT treatment would as well. (Can you source a new QT?)

~Bruce

Do you know the ratio for the baths? And for how long and how?

Life happened, and I won’t have the extra money for a couple weeks or I would have had a new one. So should I be concerned about my other fish?

4FordFamily · Jan 25, 2018

Fishboy&crazycatfishlady said:
Do you know the ratio for the baths? And for how long and how?

Life happened, and I won’t have the extra money for a couple weeks or I would have had a new one. So should I be concerned about my other fish?

Brook can kill quickly, but it doesn’t often affect other fish except in very bad infestations they’ll switch hosts.

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

This explains treatment options in full

Humblefish · Jan 25, 2018

Formalin bath: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/formalin.290925/

OR

Acriflavine bath: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acriflavine.282887/

Following bath treat, transfer the fish into a new/sterile QT to prevent reinfection. And treat with metro in there for good measure: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/metronidazole.298762/

Fishboy&crazycatfishlady · Jan 26, 2018

Could anyone help me with where to find any of this stuff?? Quickly. My LFS doesn’t carry Formalin nor Acriflavine, not even the Reef Ruby stuff. And with out paying $100 for shipping I won’t be getting any offline until next week! What do I do?!

Humblefish · Jan 26, 2018

Amazon Prime is your best bet for receiving medications ASAP online:

https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Reef-ARR11136-Aquarium-Treatment/dp/B003TN17P2/

https://www.amazon.com/SEACHEM-LABORATORIES-INC-METROPLEX-Grams/dp/B01MSDDL9W/

OR instead of buying just Metroplex, I would invest in this trio for future use: https://www.amazon.com/Seachem-Treatment-1-Focus-1-Metroplex-1-Kanaplex/dp/B01HH6X4T8/

Kanaplex is a good broad spectrum antibiotic, and Focus allows you to deliver meds internally via food soaking. If you're in this hobby long enough, eventually you'll need all 3.

Fishboy&crazycatfishlady · Jan 26, 2018

Humblefish said:
Amazon Prime is your best bet for receiving medications ASAP online:

https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Reef-ARR11136-Aquarium-Treatment/dp/B003TN17P2/

https://www.amazon.com/SEACHEM-LABORATORIES-INC-METROPLEX-Grams/dp/B01MSDDL9W/

OR instead of buying just Metroplex, I would invest in this trio for future use: https://www.amazon.com/Seachem-Treatment-1-Focus-1-Metroplex-1-Kanaplex/dp/B01HH6X4T8/

Kanaplex is a good broad spectrum antibiotic, and Focus allows you to deliver meds internally via food soaking. If you're in this hobby long enough, eventually you'll need all 3.