clownfish dying parasite?

[sascoaquatics]

hi all, if u need more info my last thread has lots but you can also ask direct but this Christmas í have lost half my fish (4) ive been researching and wondered if it’s brooklynella as í was saying on the last post my rhey get like a slime coat and die, my clownfish has had this slime for a few days but i thoufht it was going but it’s looking worse, she’s still eating alright but not swimming aswell, have 2 wrasses who hve no sign of it at the moment touch wood. and i have shrimp and snails and starfish and cannot but the clown in a qt tank so what should i do or recommendation to treat the tank as a whole without killing anything? she is really bad to take photos of and i can try if it’s really jndiagnosable to change the lifht to white but i don’t want to stress her out

 

[sascoaquatics]

@vetteguy53081 sorry thoufht o would @ you because u have always been the best

 

[Ziggy17]

hi all, if u need more info my last thread has lots but you can also ask direct but this Christmas í have lost half my fish (4) ive been researching and wondered if it’s brooklynella as í was saying on the last post my rhey get like a slime coat and die, my clownfish has had this slime for a few days but i thoufht it was going but it’s looking worse, she’s still eating alright but not swimming aswell, have 2 wrasses who hve no sign of it at the moment touch wood. and i have shrimp and snails and starfish and cannot but the clown in a qt tank so what should i do or recommendation to treat the tank as a whole without killing anything? she is really bad to take photos of and i can try if it’s really jndiagnosable to change the lifht to white but i don’t want to stress her out

The first thing that will be asked by any of the fish medics is take proper photos under white light not blue. Best do that and post. It won’t stress the fish to death for a minute or two.

 

[Uncle99]

Can the fish be moved to a separate tank?
You describe brook, which is common, infectious and can kill. Pics tell me little although something is there, white would help.

But you have to separate him.
Can you do that?

@vetteguy53081 will likely chime in, but maybe you can prepare something now so your ready.

 

[sascoaquatics]

@Ziggy17 @Uncle99 hi guys sadly just woken up and she is dead, í have removed her from the tank and neither of my wrasses show signs of tje disease but ís there something í can do to make sure they don’t get it now

 

[Uncle99]

@Ziggy17 @Uncle99 hi guys sadly just woken up and she is dead, í have removed her from the tank and neither of my wrasses show signs of tje disease but ís there something í can do to make sure they don’t get it now

Sorry to hear of your loss. RIP!

Assuming it was brook that killed (it’s a fast killer) then with just two fish left, you can separate and treat or just do nothing but go fallow for 12 weeks and see if either wrasse is infected. If so, you again, either need to treat, or do nothing but the fallow clock is set back to zero.

I go a full three months (some go four months) with no fish, some do less, but more is always better in this case.

Me, I’m just going fallow. I not good at the medical type stuff. I’m also wary of using Formalin, I leave that stuff to the pros.

Risky any road you take.

Sometimes less is better.

Good luck.

 

[sascoaquatics]

Sorry to hear of your loss. RIP!

Assuming it was brook that killed (it’s a fast killer) then with just two fish left, you can separate and treat or just do nothing but go fallow for 12 weeks and see if either wrasse is infected. If so, you again, either need to treat, or do nothing but the fallow clock is set back to zero.

I go a full three months (some go four months) with no fish, some do less, but more is always better in this case.

Me, I’m just going fallow. I not good at the medical type stuff. I’m also wary of using Formalin, I leave that stuff to the pros.

Risky any road you take.

Sometimes less is better.

Good luck.

hi yes í think i will ‘go fallow’ so do i basically just treat the tank like normal and wait a certain amount of weeks without my wrasses hopefully catching it to know it’s dead

 

[Uncle99]

hi yes í think i will ‘go fallow’ so do i basically just treat the tank like normal and wait a certain amount of weeks without my wrasses hopefully catching it to know it’s dead

Yup, Just enough food to feed the guys left.

Keep an eye on nitrates and phosphate stop ensure they don’t continually rise, or fall, week over week.

Of course, keep parameters stable.

Restart the fallow period if either catch it subsequently and at that point, you can go another round or just remove the last guy, your choice.

As with any parasite, longer without host is always better.

Good luck