Is this possibly brooklynella?

[Kmore1219]

So I e had this royal gramma for less than a week in my tank, he started out fine but now he looks to have some mucous all over him. At first I thought it may be a response due to him always hanging out in the torch coral but now he just lays on the opposite side of the tank, breathing fast, covered in mucous. I have 2 clowns that dont look to be affected at all.

 

[Kmore1219]

Another shot

 

[Humblefish]

It does sorta look like brook, but an infection is also possible from getting stung by the torch.

What I would do in this situation: Adminster an acriflavine bath (ex. Ruby Reef Rally) and then treat in a QT with this trio of medications: Kanaplex, Furan-2, Metroplex.

Metro treats brook, while Kanaplex + Furan-2 will addesss the possibility of a bacterial infection. So, you'd be covered both ways. Acriflavine also treats brook and provides "first aid" for infections because it is an antiseptic.

 

[Tahoe61]

Or Velvet. Poor fish.

 

[Humblefish]

Another option in lieu of an acriflavine bath is Methylene blue: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/methylene-blue.257467/

But I would still treat with the triple meds in a QT afterwards.

 

[Humblefish]

Or Velvet. Poor fish.

Very possible. The OP would have to add copper to the mix in QT to address the possibility of velvet.

 

[Kmore1219]

Hmm definitely seems like it could be a couple different things, bad day for all of this to be happening since I have to move today. Hopefully this guy can survive the trip that way i can get him into a nice big QT tank for treatment. For now I guess a freshwater bath will have to do to help out with some of the mucous.

 

[melypr1985]

It does sorta look like brook, but an infection is also possible from getting stung by the torch.

What I would do in this situation: Adminster an acriflavine bath (ex. Ruby Reef Rally) and then treat in a QT with this trio of medications: Kanaplex, Furan-2, Metroplex.

Metro treats brook, while Kanaplex + Furan-2 will addesss the possibility of a bacterial infection. So, you'd be covered both ways. Acriflavine also treats brook and provides "first aid" for infections because it is an antiseptic.

I would go this route first. You should see improvement within a few days of treatment... if no improvement happens, then add the copper to the mix.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I e had this royal gramma for less than a week in my tank, he started out fine but now he looks to have some mucous all over him. At first I thought it may be a response due to him always hanging out in the torch coral but now he just lays on the opposite side of the tank, breathing fast, covered in mucous. I have 2 clowns that dont look to be affected at all.

Looks to be bacterial as they rarely get brook. Yu can safely treat with Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby which takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work but is coral and tank safe. More effective in separate tank is Seachem neoplex.