Brooklynella?

[shista]

hi everyone... i am sad to say that this morning i woke up to see my cardinal bangaii dead!!! he looked perfectly healthy yesterday. He has been a picky eater, but he was eating a little. This is all in my qt along with 2 tiny nano clowns. the one clown looks like it is going to die any minute, he is on the sand breathing heavy on his side, he seems a little pale and looks like a small case of brooklynella. the other clown seems healthy, but he also looks like his color is a little white (smaller case of brooklynella) I cant get pics but it does look like brooklynella in very early stages (im thinking it might be marive velvet? but i cant find pics on it). What can I dO!!!! i guess im going to buy formalin and start baths?? is it like ich in ways that i have to irradicate my tank from it for weeks? (does it live in the water? or just on the clown?)

 

[btldreef]

Yes, for Marine Velvet, you have to leave the tank fallow for 8 weeks. I think it's recommended for brooklynella as well, but I'm not positive.

 

[shista]

all the fish died... but then how would doing formalin baths and keep transfering the fish back in the tank kill the brook? and now i need to keep my qt fallow for 8 weeks?

 

[beth]

Are you familiar with brook? Its hard to know what the fish had from your description.

 

[shista]

yup, i had a case of it a couple years ago, but this time it just looks like a really small case of it. idk what to do with my qt now, fallow for 8 weeks?

 

[beth]

Can you break it down, clean it up good? Basically start over. If not, then yeah, 8 weeks.

 

[shista]

i dnt get it then. how would doing fromalin baths on a clown and putting him back in the qt that has the disease kill the disease?

 

[shista]

anyone?

 

[bang guy]

The formalin needs to also be added to the hospital tank. I actually recommend freshwater baths to kill the parasites on the fish and then formalin in the hospital tank. IIRC 4 drops of formalin per gallon in the hospital tank.

 

[shista]

omg! today i found the other clown! i thought he died because he was nowhere to be found.. he was hiding in the rocks for 3 days... he looks fine,, do you guys believe this is brook if the other clown is still alive? im about the treat the qt with formalin

 

[beth]

From the description you provide, I can't tell. However, go ahead proceed with the formalin.

 

[shista]

i added formalin to the qt tank today... i'm trying to find the clown and give him a dip but he is hiding somewhere weird.. i have never had a clown that hides like that, i swear i think hes dead again