Brooklynella

[katiebc]

I have lost too many fish to count in my 75 gallon aquarium. I am sure I have brooklynella. My lionfish started losing his color, then not eating, then dead this morning. I also lost my clown fish this afternoon. All I have left fish wise, is a cleaner wrasse, which looks awful, a snowflke eel, and a stupid damsel.
I do however have about 25 lbs live rock, turbo snails, sally lightfoot crab, hermit crabs, and a coral banded shrimp. What can I do to kill this horrible crap out of my live rock and tank. I didn't have any problems till I brought home a new 4 lb piece of live rock. Then within 5 days fish strted popping up with this white filmy kinda looking disease. Can I save things?????

 

[toughguy80]

Wish I could help, but I'm not sure. Might want to check the sticky above for info on it. I'll give ya a bump. G/L

 

[beth]

Take a look at the clownfish in the Diseased Fish thread that have brooklynella to see if you can confirm that this is your problem.
Describe symptoms and exactly what happened.

 

[katiebc]

I would send you a pic but the sick ones are all dead. It looks a lot like the clown. The fish would start to fade out. Like someone was slowly draining their natural color from them. They looked like they had a fine, creamy film on them, would refuse to eat, then hide out breathing hard then die. My ph stays right about 8.3, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 5-10 ppm nitrates. I was searching and saw that I could have brought it in on my live rock, is this true. I have the damsel and eel left. they look healthy and are eating fine. All inverts are fine too.

 

[beth]

Did you notice shedding?
If it was brooklynella, it did not come in on the rock. That parasite is transferred from fish to fish.

 

[katiebc]

No they never shed.