Brooklynella in a Canadian Reef tank

[Henslay2]

Hi all!

It seems I've got Brook in my 55 gallon reeftank ‍ to add to the joys of that, I'm in Canada, where any effective medications are banned.

Being said, I am moving at the end of the month.

Would I be able to remove the coral from the live rock and allow the whole system to completely dry out and rid of the brook while the fish/inverts/coral are in quarentine?

Or would it be more effective to just fallow the system?

My stock list is 2 skunk clowns (affected) a purple fire fish and a diamond goby (neither showing signs), a cleaner shrimp, handful of hermits and snails, and soft coral.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hi all!

It seems I've got Brook in my 55 gallon reeftank ‍ to add to the joys of that, I'm in Canada, where any effective medications are banned.

Being said, I am moving at the end of the month.

Would I be able to remove the coral from the live rock and allow the whole system to completely dry out and rid of the brook while the fish/inverts/coral are in quarentine?

Or would it be more effective to just fallow the system?

My stock list is 2 skunk clowns (affected) a purple fire fish and a diamond goby (neither showing signs), a cleaner shrimp, handful of hermits and snails, and soft coral.

I’ve never had a skunk clown develop brooklynella, but then, they are less common in the hobby. Are you 100% with you diagnosis? Feel free to post a video if not.

True fallow periods require the removal of all fish, not just the ones showing obvious signs of infection.

Brooklynella has direct development with no resistant testing stage, so drying will kill them easily.

Jay

 

[Henslay2]

I’ve never had a skunk clown develop brooklynella, but then, they are less common in the hobby. Are you 100% with you diagnosis? Feel free to post a video if not.

True fallow periods require the removal of all fish, not just the ones showing obvious signs of infection.

Brooklynella has direct development with no resistant testing stage, so drying will kill them easily.

Jay

I'm absolutely positive unfortunately, it came in on clown gobies that had all the cookie cutter signs.

Would you say it would be worth fw dipping the skunk clowns and doing a hypo salinity qt until I move, then put all livestock/coral from the reef into a qt tank and allowing the reef to fully dry out?

What would you suggest for "disinfecting" the filtration system/anything in contact with this system? (Fx6)

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm absolutely positive unfortunately, it came in on clown gobies that had all the cookie cutter signs.

Would you say it would be worth fw dipping the skunk clowns and doing a hypo salinity qt until I move, then put all livestock/coral from the reef into a qt tank and allowing the reef to fully dry out?

What would you suggest for "disinfecting" the filtration system/anything in contact with this system? (Fx6)

For meds, try fish pets mart in Montreal or quebec

 

[Henslay2]

For meds, try fish pets mart in Montreal or quebec

Unfortunately Montreal (closest) is 8+ hours from me

 

[djf91]

Hi all!

It seems I've got Brook in my 55 gallon reeftank ‍ to add to the joys of that, I'm in Canada, where any effective medications are banned.

Being said, I am moving at the end of the month.

Would I be able to remove the coral from the live rock and allow the whole system to completely dry out and rid of the brook while the fish/inverts/coral are in quarentine?

Or would it be more effective to just fallow the system?

My stock list is 2 skunk clowns (affected) a purple fire fish and a diamond goby (neither showing signs), a cleaner shrimp, handful of hermits and snails, and soft coral.

What does the female emoji mean?

 

[Henslay2]

What does the female emoji mean?

It was supposed to be the shrug emoji, but this is what it went to lol

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I'm absolutely positive unfortunately, it came in on clown gobies that had all the cookie cutter signs.

Would you say it would be worth fw dipping the skunk clowns and doing a hypo salinity qt until I move, then put all livestock/coral from the reef into a qt tank and allowing the reef to fully dry out?

What would you suggest for "disinfecting" the filtration system/anything in contact with this system? (Fx6)

FW dips may buy you some time, and if you can dip and move into a sterile tank (maybe 3 times) you may be able to outrun it. I’ve never had hyposalinity itself work for Brook.

Jay

 

[Idech]

For meds, try fish pets mart in Montreal or quebec

Unfortunately Montreal (closest) is 8+ hours from me

There are no meds anywhere, it’s forbidden by law. They would risk losing their license if they sold any.

 

[vetteguy53081]

There are no meds anywhere, it’s forbidden by law. They would risk losing their license if they sold any.

Its called Pets drug mart. I have at least 3 persons from Canada who were able to obtain certain meds from them

 

[Henslay2]

Its called Pets drug mart. I have at least 3 persons from Canada who were able to obtain certain meds from them

I just went through everything they offer and they don't have the formalin

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just went through everything they offer and they don't have the formalin

Formalin I would not expect as its also hard to get elsewhere. You can use ruby rally pro which they can get

 

[Henslay2]

Formalin I would not expect as its also hard to get elsewhere. You can use ruby rally pro which they can get

I'll double check and see if they can get it

 

[Oiseaufeu]

For meds, try fish pets mart in Montreal or quebec

Where is this Pet marts in Montréal? This is where I am. Québec is like 3 hours away from me.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Where is this Pet marts in Montréal? This is where I am. Québec is like 3 hours away from me.

As for distance, I cant help on that. Its Pets drug mart.

 

[Henslay2]

For meds, try fish pets mart in Montreal or quebec

I'm seeing the confusion, you did put pets Mart in the original post

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm seeing the confusion, you did put pets Mart in the original post

Yes and I did correct it

 

[Henslay2]

Yes and I did correct it

Further down, something Ive come to know in my old age is people don't read lol

I've found a couple places in Canada that sell the ruby reef!

 

[Oiseaufeu]

As for distance, I cant help on that. Its Pets drug mart.

Thanks! I’ll look that up. It’s very frustrating to not be able to treat fish in Canada. I feel like my only option is to put them down whenever they get sick.

 

[Idech]

Its called Pets drug mart. I have at least 3 persons from Canada who were able to obtain certain meds from them

I can’t find any Pets drug mart in Montreal. There is an online store called Petsdrugmart.ca but you need prescriptions.

Is it a brick and mortar store ?