Possible Brooklynella?

[Brandon218]

I have what appears to be only one fish showing signs of illness. I have 2 Ocellaris clownfish, 2 firefish, 1 Hoeven's wrasse, 1 Yellow Tang, and 1 Kole Yellow Eye Tang. They all appear to be healthy, only one of the Ocellaris clownfish is showing signs of possible Brooklynella. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Duke4Life]

We're any of these quarantined?

 

[cope413]

Yep, looks lile brook. Get him out, asap. Formalin dip for 45 minutes with an airstone. 1ml/gallon concentration. Time is of the essence and you don't have long.

 

[Humblefish]

That looks like classic brook to me. How long have you had these clownfish?

Brooklynella:

Symptoms – This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s).

Treatment options - Formalin or acriflavine bath, followed by additional baths (as needed - but give the fish a day to recuperate in-between baths). You can use formalin in a QT (at a much lower concentration than the bath), but great care must be taken to provide plenty of gas exchange as formalin will quickly deplete the water of oxygen. For this reason, doing baths is the safer option as the fish can be pulled from the formalin if showing signs of distress. Acriflavine is probably the better option for in-tank QT use.

The following products contain formalin: Formalin-MS (preferred), Quick Cure, Aquarium Solutions Ich-X, Kordon Rid-Ich Plus.

Acriflavine can be found in Acriflavine-MS (preferred) and Ruby Reef Rally.

Metronidazole (exs. Seachem MetroPlex, Metro-MS, Hikari Metro+) is considered an alternative treatment for brook. A freshwater dip may provide temporary relief if you are unable to locate any of the aforementioned medications right away. Some even claim total eradication of the disease is possible just by performing multiple FW dips on the fish.

 

[Brandon218]

The clownfish that is sick, I've had for almost 1 year. Do I need to treat all the fish? Or just the one showing signs?

 

[melypr1985]

I would treat all the fish so the clown doesn't get re-infected once returned to the tank. Oh, and I agree with the Brook diagnosis

 

[Brandon218]

I would treat all the fish so the clown doesn't get re-infected once returned to the tank. Oh, and I agree with the Brook diagnosis

Ok, thank you! It looks as if I have my work cut out for me then!! Suggestions on catching the fish the easiest without having to tear apart the tank and causing all the other fish to become stressed?

 

[Humblefish]

Suggestions on catching the fish the easiest without having to tear apart the tank and causing all the other fish to become stressed?

I would get the clownfish out ASAP and begin treatment on them, as they are most susceptible to brook. Clownfish are pretty easy to catch.

As for catching the rest of your fish, there are a number of options. But first can you list all the other fish you need to get out and how big this DT is?

 

[Brandon218]

I would get the clownfish out ASAP and begin treatment on them, as they are most susceptible to brook. Clownfish are pretty easy to catch.

As for catching the rest of your fish, there are a number of options. But first can you list all the other fish you need to get out and how big this DT is?

The DT is a 90 gallon with 2 OC, 2 firefish, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Kole Yellow Eye Tang, and 1 Hoeven's Wrasse.
I have a QT that is a 20 gallon long. However at the moment the QT does not have a screen top and 3 of the fish are known to be jumpers.

 

[Humblefish]

The DT is a 90 gallon with 2 OC, 2 firefish, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Kole Yellow Eye Tang, and 1 Hoeven's Wrasse.
I have a QT that is a 20 gallon long. However at the moment the QT does not have a screen top and 3 of the fish are known to be jumpers.

The firefish will retreat into the rocks and the wrasse will dive into the sand as soon as you try to catch them. Your only chance of getting them out without dismantling the entire tank is a bottle trap.

 

[Humblefish]

The tangs, on the other hand, will probably go into something like this if you just bait it with nori:

 

[Duke4Life]

Now if you can't catch easily, you can also use a piece of eggcrate to use as a divider to decrease the area. I use a piece of pvc attached to eggcrate with zip ties.

 

[Duke4Life]

Overlap 2 pieces of eggcrate for a top or build a DIY 1 from things at Home Depot or lowes, they're fairly simple to do.

 

[4FordFamily]

I've gotten pretty good at dismantling tanks and each time I improve my aquascaping considerably

It's not too bad. Digging wrasse out of the sand is not fun but drain all but an inch of water out and it's doable.

My tanks are two 180s and a 125. Two of them are reefs. Trust me I know fun! Takes me maybe an hour.

 

[cope413]

Any update? Did you manage to save the little guy?

 

[Brandon218]

Any update? Did you manage to save the little guy?

Sadly, I was not. Since I work nights, I wasn't able to do anything until then following morning, which was already too late... Thanks for following up though!