Brooklynella treatment

[bernaladriana]

Pretty sure my clowns have brook. Any success with hyposalinity? How did you do it. Thanks.

 

[TX_REEF]

#fishmedics
Share some pics under white light if you can, so folks can confirm whether it is brook for you

 

[dthom]

You will get more answers in the disease forum.
I would ask the question in that forum, and also include a video with all white lights to get some good help!

Hyposalinity will not help with brook. A Formalin bath is the best treatment, but not the safest chemical to work with. A lot of people say that the product "Ruby Reef Rally" as a triple strength bath for 90 mins and then put back in a tank with the normal dosing can take care of brook.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Do you have photos of your fish?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pretty sure my clowns have brook. Any success with hyposalinity? How did you do it. Thanks.

Please post pics for verification under white light intensity - no blue. If brook, FW dip MAY offer temporary relief but is not a treatment and buys you time. Hypo works best with ich, not brook. The most significant sign is the amount of slime on its body and this mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.

 

[bernaladriana]

My camera unfortunately will not pick it up, the clowns upper body looks like peach fuzz and one of his eyes is cloudy. Still eating and drinking it honestly looked worse this morning. Thinking it’s either brook or ich .. feel bad but honestly might have to let it get worse before I can photograph it I noticed it this AM.

 

[bernaladriana]

Please post pics for verification under white light intensity - no blue. If brook, FW dip MAY offer temporary relief but is not a treatment and buys you time. Hypo works best with ich, not brook. The most significant sign is the amount of slime on its body and this mucus generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.

 

[bernaladriana]

just a little fuzzy?? Now I’m concerned it may be velvet, this hobby is great for my blood pressure.

 

[bernaladriana]

The other clown shows no signs, both still swimming and breathing normally had breakfast and dinner readily.

 

[vetteguy53081]

just a little fuzzy?? Now I’m concerned it may be velvet, this hobby is great for my blood pressure.

Pics fuzzy but can see secondary bacterial lesions. Ruby Rally will help with this

 

[bernaladriana]

Pics fuzzy but can see secondary bacterial lesions. Ruby Rally will help with this

 

[bernaladriana]

I ordered RRP it won’t be here for another 3 days is there anything else I can do? The more I stare the more it starts to look like velvet

 

[bernaladriana]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes, i see bacterial lesions. Is generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.

 

[bernaladriana]

Yes, i see bacterial lesions. Is generally starts at the facial area as well as gills and spreads across the body producing lesions as it progresses often confused with ich and can turn into secondary bacteria. Other symptoms will be lethargic behavior, refusing to eat and heavy breathing from the mucus.
Start with a prolonged 60 minute bath of ruby rally pro then at a lower concentration in a quarantine tank. The longer the fish are exposed to the treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this issue.
Since a formalin solution is often not available for use, temporary relief can be achieved by giving the fish a FW bath or dip in water same temperature as display tank. Even though this treatment will not cure the disease, it can help to remove some of the parasites, as well as reduce the amount of mucus in the gills to assist with respiration problems.
Treatment is best done in a QT tank using either quick cure (more effective but now harder to find) or Ruby Rally Pro. Ruby takes a little longer and initial treatment generally takes 2-3 days to really start going to work.

Thank you!

 

[bernaladriana]

Pretty sure my clowns have brook. Any success with hyposalinity? How did you do it. Thanks.

Lost the fish today, did ruby rally pro but the formalin diddint get here on time. Pretty sure it was Brooklynella. Can anyone confirm? And how long should I leave my system fishless for?

 

[bernaladriana]

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Sorry to hear. The ripped / tattered fins and the bruising on the body seem to indicate tankmate aggression. In some cases, that is the primary cause of death, but in other cases, the fish is sick/weak and that allows other fish to begin to pick on it.

 

[bernaladriana]

Sorry to hear. The ripped / tattered fins and the bruising on the body seem to indicate tankmate aggression. In some cases, that is the primary cause of death, but in other cases, the fish is sick/weak and that allows other fish to begin to pick on it.

He was by himself, I found him on the power head he diddint have the ripped fins a couple days ago though and he got worse and super slimy in the tank just not visible in picture

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is odd as these fins dont shred on their own like this, at least typically