Treating brook

HotRocks · Jun 5, 2018

Jacksoncm said:
More or less. I have 2 10g tanks. I will just have to soak some sponges to seed them

Here is what I would do. Set up your other 10gallon today. All new water, don't cross contaminate between the 2. Get it seeding over the next 48 hrs.

Leave the fish in the copper tank for 2 more days (meaning you have completed 14 days total copper). Move the fish, and the fish only to the newly set up sterile tank. Be very careful to transfer only the fish.

Start metro in the new QT.

This should allow you to be sure they are ich/velvet free, and then metro will cover brook in the new tank.

Jacksoncm · Jun 5, 2018

Ok cool deal. Got a good shot of it this go around. For me they almost look like a small spine versus a dot

drstardust · Jun 5, 2018

HotRocks said:
Here is what I would do. Set up your other 10gallon today. All new water, don't cross contaminate between the 2. Get it seeding over the next 48 hrs.

Leave the fish in the copper tank for 2 more days (meaning you have completed 14 days total copper). Move the fish, and the fish only to the newly set up sterile tank. Be very careful to transfer only the fish.

Start metro in the new QT.

This should allow you to be sure they are ich/velvet free, and then metro will cover brook in the new tank.

This is a really great plan. +1

Jacksoncm · Jun 5, 2018

Just to confirm. It’s metro up to 2 scoops per 10g every day or every other day

drstardust · Jun 5, 2018

Assuming you're using Seachem Metroplex and the "scoops" included there

BestMomEver · Jun 5, 2018

Clarkii, I assume. Adorable.... just a side note!

Jacksoncm · Jun 5, 2018

esimison said:
Clarkii, I assume. Adorable.... just a side note!

Yep, more or less. Allardi to be exact (at least sold as such). They have a lot of growing to do though.

HotRocks · Jun 5, 2018

Jacksoncm said:
Just to confirm. It’s metro up to 2 scoops per 10g every day or every other day

Every other day.

deedubz · Jun 5, 2018

Jacksoncm said:
Ok cool deal. Got a good shot of it this go around. For me they almost look like a small spine versus a dot

Do they almost "sway" as the fish moves/turns? This almost sounds and looks like what I'd been dealing with. My best description was clear scales or little tick looking things.

Jacksoncm · Jun 6, 2018

dwwataz said:
Do they almost "sway" as the fish moves/turns? This almost sounds and looks like what I'd been dealing with. My best description was clear scales or little tick looking things.

What did you use to deal with them?

deedubz · Jun 9, 2018

Jacksoncm said:
What did you use to deal with them?

I'm sorry, I somehow missed this notification.

For the brook treatment I used metroplex. They ended up getting a horrible bacterial infection, which still slightly resembled brook, so I gave them a formalin bath. It was afterwards that we realized it was actually an infection. They've been in the trifecta for 7-8 days now and are finally looking and acting great.