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I have a 75g with mostly wrasses and a couple of pipefish and firefish. Only my wrasses seem to develop these small white sores that heal or shed after a few days. Only 1-3 sores develop at a time and they are not ich or velvet, they are about twice the the size
Some background on the tank:
-I used to have ich but after 2 cycles of going fallow and eventually reintroducing it I’ve been practicing ich management. I make my own frozen food with tons of variety and haven’t lost a fish to disease for a long time.
-I bought 5 black storm clowns a few months ago. They all died slowly over the course of 2 weeks while shedding some slime coat. My 2 existing clownfish I had for years also died. Everything else was totally fine, so I believe the clownfish came with Brookynella. Could these white sores on my wrasses be Brook?
What can I do other than the obvious remove/copper QT? I lost more fish in QT than I have to actual disease and focusing on nutrition has been working great but I also want to keep my wrasses comfortable. Would UV help? Is prazipro/kanaplex/metronidazole reef safe for a few days and would it help?

Some background on the tank:
-I used to have ich but after 2 cycles of going fallow and eventually reintroducing it I’ve been practicing ich management. I make my own frozen food with tons of variety and haven’t lost a fish to disease for a long time.
-I bought 5 black storm clowns a few months ago. They all died slowly over the course of 2 weeks while shedding some slime coat. My 2 existing clownfish I had for years also died. Everything else was totally fine, so I believe the clownfish came with Brookynella. Could these white sores on my wrasses be Brook?
What can I do other than the obvious remove/copper QT? I lost more fish in QT than I have to actual disease and focusing on nutrition has been working great but I also want to keep my wrasses comfortable. Would UV help? Is prazipro/kanaplex/metronidazole reef safe for a few days and would it help?




