Mindflux Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Is this the start of Brooklynella? It's on both my clowns in appx the same place. Vivid says to treat with Melafix, but I don't have a Hosp/QT tank set up yet. With that in mind, does anyone in R.R have any premixed salt water they wouldn't mind me grabbing some of? I've got 5 gallons brewing, but I don't want to use it too soon (how soon is too soon? for RSCP?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+C Lo Slice Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Wish I could say for sure. However, when my Kole Tang came down with ich a couple of weeks ago, I saw nearly the exact same spot in the exact same area on my smaller clown. Two small water changes in three days did away with it, as well as a slight increase in feeding. I haven't noticed anything since. Wish I could help more, but that's all I got. Good luck, man. - Caleb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Well I ended up picking up some KanaPlex according to a friend of mine whom used to work at RCA. I mixed that in with some thawed/strained mysis and fed in very small increments (3-5 mysis in the water column at one time) to observe everyone eating. Everyone took to it except my scared firefish. Lets hope a couple more days of this will yield good results and I won't have to result to a QT and formalin dosing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzobob Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Just a quick tip or three: I keep a few pieces of pottery in my sump, or behind live rock percolating. This gives me something both easy and disposable to put in a quarantine tank. Pottery is a good substitute for live rock in most circumstances. A quick water change produces an equal or better volume of water for a q tank. I like to use a 75 / 25 mixture of old tank water to fresh made saltwater for a q tank Forget all the fancy stuff a quarantine tank is nothing more than a safe place to quarantine suspect or new livestock. I've used 5 gallon tanks or buckets, 10 gallon tanks, 12, 14, 15 gallon Rubbermaid vats, 15, 20 gallon tanks. (size should be based on a priority / preference matrix). Add a power head and regular water changes and you have an effective q tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 I don't have a sump, unfortunately. I also don't have anything "percolating" to add any beneficial bacteria to a temporary QT (bucket or whatever) which is part of the reason I ditched the MelaFix plan, because I didn't have a stable place to put the fish to dose the water. It looks like whatever this is has spread further into the body (toward the tail) on one (if not both) of these clownfish. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 Clowns are still alive. I treated them for 3 days with KanaPlex via their food. They still show signs of whatever this is, which I'm not sure is Brooklynella at this point. One of the clowns has more of whatever it is on their body, and if I were to give it a name based on visual I'd say it was fuzzy (or velvety).. so I'm wondering if I have a case of velvet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mindflux Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/captive_aquatics/2009/01/tip-surviving-brooklynellosis.html Good article on what's about to happen if I can get my QT running soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 One dead clown, the rest of my tank to follow I am sure my DT is infected now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 Up goes the QT. About 60% full of water.... need some PVC T's and elbows for the poor fish.. that and some magic bacteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Ok I got my 29 QT up I bought from Maxine before she moved. It's got an eclipse hood with a biowheel in it. The tank has been in my garage for a month so the biowheel dried out, but I was wondering if now that it's wet again (and the filter media, which I'll remove one I start dosing the QT tank) if I'll have any of that 'good' bacteria I'm needing to keep the fish happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 For now the clown is in QT @ 1.020 with StressCoat+ at double dosage and QuICK cure at normal dosage. I wish this QT was cycled, I'm going to have to watch ammonia closely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Clown is doing his normal routine of swimming into the current of my pump. I've read they do this when their gills are infected and are trying to get more oxygen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Wife thinks the clown is looking a bit happier. It's not swimming full bore into a pump stream anymore in the QT tank. He isn't being very adventurous though, keeps to one side of the tank (near the pump) External signs of Brook seem to be faded/gone, though that may just be the poor lighting where the QT tank is sitting. Signs of Ammonia in the new QT are presently zero. (or close to it according to those dang color cards). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 17% water change this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Glad things seem to be going better for your fish. Whenever I use an uncycled QT I usually do 50% water changes everyday and maybe some prime if I have a lot of fish/seahorses in there and that has always taken care of any ammonia. I bet you're not feeding a ton so I think you'll be just fine. Hope it continues to recover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa1tx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think I have some prime I you need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 I have prime in case I see ammonia spike, but so far so good. I do have filter media out of my DT in the QT now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 I really need to catch my Chromis, Wrasse and Firefish for QT/Treatment. Problem is the Chromis and Wrasse are FAST. The Firefish I haven't seen in 2 or 3 days since I netted the clown. I think he went into deep hiding, I hope he's not dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 Clown is looking/acting better. He's hanging out inside some PVC Tee's and elbows I have in the QT tank. Starting to act a little less gaspy (hanging around pumps for added flow and such). I've put a normal filter back in the QT with charcoal to remove the medication. (Though Formalin is only active for about 2 hours in water) I've got to soak up the Malachite Green. Will continue to monitor him over the next several weeks. What a lonely existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Sounds like good news! Hope he continues to recover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Well looks like my 6 line might have brook too. He's got a few splotchy spots on him. If I could catch him he'd go in QT. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Oh no! You are having a run of bad luck. Hope you can catch and treat him. Clown still doing better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Oh no! You are having a run of bad luck. Hope you can catch and treat him. Clown still doing better? Clown looks good. If I can get everyone into QT I'd treat Formalin again for 3 days and observe, then probably keep them all QT'd for 6+ weeks for the lifecycle of brooklynella to leave my DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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