Ich, Velvet, or Brooklynella?

[ReeferMadnessTX]

One week with Brook. Clowns still pretty fuzzy. Not looking great but then again they are still swimming around and eating. I ran out of rally pro yesterday, heading back to the LFS to get more. Will continue dosing daily till the clowns look better

Do you have your skimmer off and carbon removed?

 

[Byrongw]

Do you have your skimmer off and carbon removed?

Yes, skimmer off, UV off, no carbon.

 

[Byrongw]

Thank you all for your help thus far.

Day 10 with Brooklynella. 2/4 fish have died. The remaining 2, clowns, are not looking great. They have been getting more tired, rapid breathing, no sign of mucus layer receding. Mucus is covering their eyes, they just host a spot in the sand. Eating, but less and less. Each day I think will be their last but they are holding on. Rally pro, while I'm sure it is technically reef safe, is starting to make my corals look terrible. They are dull, losing color, closing up, shrinking.

My question is this: is it worth continuing treatment on the clowns? from what I read, Brook treatment either works or it doesn't. Seems like 10 days in with no improvement suggests it might just be doomed for my clowns at this point. I don't want the fish to suffer if it'll just take them eventually anyway. I don't want to lose my coral due to a long dosing period of meds. Is it time to give up on Brooklynella treatment before I do more harm to my corals?

Thoughts? I might do one final high concentration bath and one more dose in the DT and see how things go.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you all for your help thus far.

Day 10 with Brooklynella. 2/4 fish have died. The remaining 2, clowns, are not looking great. They have been getting more tired, rapid breathing, no sign of mucus layer receding. Mucus is covering their eyes, they just host a spot in the sand. Eating, but less and less. Each day I think will be their last but they are holding on. Rally pro, while I'm sure it is technically reef safe, is starting to make my corals look terrible. They are dull, losing color, closing up, shrinking.

My question is this: is it worth continuing treatment on the clowns? from what I read, Brook treatment either works or it doesn't. Seems like 10 days in with no improvement suggests it might just be doomed for my clowns at this point. I don't want the fish to suffer if it'll just take them eventually anyway. I don't want to lose my coral due to a long dosing period of meds. Is it time to give up on Brooklynella treatment before I do more harm to my corals?

Thoughts? I might do one final high concentration bath and one more dose in the DT and see how things go.

Have you been high concentration dipping and dosing the tank at regular level all along? If not, I would certainly try that.

I wish formalin was more readily available, it works so much better than Rally Pro does……

Jay

 

[Byrongw]

The clowns have succumbed to the brook. Now it's time for the fishless period and rebuild. I'll be investing in a QT setup for the future. Lesson learned. I wish the Rally Pro worked better. Thanks again, all, for your input.