it is Brooklynella ?

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you very much, so gelatin + metro and the food is frozen.And if I want to mix them with dry food, what dose do I need?

You need an accurate gram scale. You weigh out some food, add dry Focus, weigh it, and then add 1% metro to it.

The instructions on the bottle of Focus are WRONG, just ignore them. For Focus, you thaw out some frozen food, add a scoop or so of Focus, then calculate what 1% of that is, and weigh out that much metro. Then, mix it together and feed it out and promptly refreeze any remainder.

 

[dor_L]

You need an accurate gram scale. You weigh out some food, weigh it, and then add 1% metro to it.

The instructions on the bottle of Focus are WRONG, just ignore them. For Focus, you thaw out some frozen food, add a scoop or so of Focus, then calculate what 1% of that is, and weigh out that much metro. Then, mix it together and feed it out and promptly refreeze any remainder.

best site in the world,thanks to you friend!

 

[dor_L]

hello, So after 3 weeks from the death of the last fish from the broquinella disease, last Thursday I put in an osillaris fish, the fish is eating and looks good, its poop is brown, my question is how long do I have to wait to know for sure that the parasite is not found and I can continue to house fish?

 

[BiggestE22]

Can’t wait till fish quarantine is considered a must have similar to decent water parameters

 

[dor_L]

There are always parasites in a display tank and fish have to deal with them according to good conditions, what's the point of quarantine if there are good conditions?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

There are always parasites in a display tank and fish have to deal with them according to good conditions, what's the point of quarantine if there are good conditions?

You should wait a minimum of 45 days after a fish has died from a parasite before trying to add new ones (60 days is safer). Brooklynella has direct development, so 45 days is probably o.k., but three weeks is a bit too short.

There is of course a chance that the new fish may be carrying Brooklynella itself if it wasn't quarantined.

"Good conditions" only protect a fish so far - it isn't true that there are always parasites in a display tank.

 

[dor_L]

You should wait a minimum of 45 days after a fish has died from a parasite before trying to add new ones (60 days is safer). Brooklynella has direct development, so 45 days is probably o.k., but three weeks is a bit too short.

There is of course a chance that the new fish may be carrying Brooklynella itself if it wasn't quarantined.

"Good conditions" only protect a fish so far - it isn't true that there are always parasites in a display tank.

thanks,
And if it is possible that the new fish does not catch the disease, how long will it take me to introduce more fish?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

thanks,
And if it is possible that the new fish does not catch the disease, how long will it take me to introduce more fish?

If the new fish are not quarantined, there is always a risk that they themselves can bring in new diseases.

 

[BiggestE22]

There are always parasites in a display tank and fish have to deal with them according to good conditions, what's the point of quarantine if there are good conditions?

Parasites don’t introduce themselves into tanks.

 

[dor_L]

If the new fish are not quarantined, there is always a risk that they themselves can bring in new diseases.

Parasites don’t introduce themselves into tanks.

For example the ICH parasite?

 

[BiggestE22]

For example the ICH parasite?

Yes. How does iich get into a fish tank without us putting a fish or even a coral sketon or invert that has the protozoan on it. I’m not innocent. I put a Hippo tank in a previous tank with Black ich and I bought Chaeto that introduced Aptasia. My new tank will be much better run.

 

[dor_L]

He came in after 3 weeks without repopulation and while there are 3 Magnifica gobies in the tank, we will wait a week to see if anything develops

He was the day before yesterday with a few spots on him and my heart rate went up, from last Wednesday I started a treatment of Rabatana for 10 days + a treatment of metrodinazole in frozen food, everyone is doing well at the moment