My First Encounter With Brook

[Marco S]

So, I am pretty sure my Clownfish has Brook...



He is currently in a 10 gallon QT with CopperPower at 2.04 and I just noticed the signs of Brook this morning and immediately dosed Metroplex.

My questions are as follows:
1. Should I leave him in copper and MetroPlex or move him to a separate QT with just MetroPlex?
2. I have 3 Bartletts Anthias and the other Clownfish, (they are a pair) in this QT. Are they now at risk or will the MetroPlex prevent it from spreading?
3. If he does die, how do I pair another Clownfish to my female?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Edit: forgot to add that my Anthias have ICH so I cannot decrease the amount of copper in this tank at the moment.

 

[rkpetersen]

Might be brook, but that video makes me somewhat more suspicious of flukes.
I can see individual small whitish translucent 'things' on the fish. Suggests flukes to me.
I'd start by giving this fish a freshwater dip; see if flukes fall off.
Then into a clean QT and treat with General Cure.
GC is effective against both brook and flukes.
Although it's a good idea to use extra metro doses between the GC doses.

For either brook or flukes, the other fish could definitely have it too.
Wouldn't hurt to treat all of them.
Best of luck.

If the clown doesn't make it, you can generally add a new clown later and have them pair up.
Just make sure that the new one is considerably smaller than the established female.

 

[Marco S]

Might be brook, but that video makes me somewhat more suspicious of flukes.
I can see individual small whitish translucent 'things' on the fish. Suggests flukes to me.
I'd start by giving this fish a freshwater dip; see if flukes fall off.
Then into a clean QT and treat with General Cure.
GC is effective against both brook and flukes.
Although it's a good idea to use extra metro doses between the GC doses.

For either brook or flukes, the other fish could definitely have it too.
Wouldn't hurt to treat all of them.
Best of luck.

If the clown doesn't make it, you can generally add a new clown later and have them pair up.
Just make sure that the new one is considerably smaller than the established female.

I did the freshwater dip with no signs of flukes dropping off, but he did seem a little better afterwards. Unfortunately the next day his entire top portion looked like his flesh was flaking off and he would not eat at all. This morning I woke up to a dead Clownfish. The others are all doing good and it looks like the ICH is completely gone, but I still have 8 more days of copper and will continue MetroPlex as well until then.

As far as getting another Clownfish to pair with the lone female...does it have to be the same type of Clownfish or can it be a different type?

 

[rkpetersen]

I did the freshwater dip with no signs of flukes dropping off, but he did seem a little better afterwards. Unfortunately the next day his entire top portion looked like his flesh was flaking off and he would not eat at all. This morning I woke up to a dead Clownfish. The others are all doing good and it looks like the ICH is completely gone, but I still have 8 more days of copper and will continue MetroPlex as well until then.

As far as getting another Clownfish to pair with the lone female...does it have to be the same type of Clownfish or can it be a different type?

Sorry, missed this earlier.
If you want them to pair, it should be the same species.
Only exception would be an ocellaris and a percula; those two will sometimes mate up.