I thought it was ich, but some of the visual symptoms seem more like brooklynella - is it just one, or could it be both? If you look at the second picture, is that a sore on the head of the center clownfish?
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I’ve never seen it happen, but it does look like the fish have symptoms of both Brook and ich. You can rule out velvet unless the fish are breathing hard/fast.I thought it was ich, but some of the visual symptoms seem more like brooklynella - is it just one, or could it be both? If you look at the second picture, is that a sore on the head of the center clownfish?
Well, with the gramma having breathing issues, that muddles the diagnosis. At his point, the best I can suggest is to give the fish a 5 minute freshwater dip and get them into a QT. Then, you’ll need to decide to treat for ich/velvet and go with copper or treat for Brook with formalin.I do! Oh no this is going to get complicated I see. In this tank I have these two clownfish, the gramma; along with a flame hawkfish and christmas wrasse (H. claudia).
My clownfish don't seem bothered despite their apparent condition - they're not flashing, swim fine and have appetite. The hawkfish and wrasse don't really have any visible symptoms of anything, though the wrasse will flash.
Up until a few hours ago, my gramma was only flashing, but I found it tilted at the surface, swimming into the current; maybe breathing...deeply? is what I'm going to call it. I gave it a ~3 minute fw dip to help alleviate some of its symptoms until I can set up a qt tank
Yes - that's the standard formalin dose for a dip. I run those dips for 45 minutes.Jay, I chickened out of the FW dip. I prepped everything according to the humblefish website, but my clownfish went instantly catatonic - I panicked and put it back in the DT (so it was in there for like 30s tops). It had some frayed fins but seemed to recover. I can try again tomorrow; now that I remember it said some fish wouldn't immediately react well.
I would really appreciate the help/confirmation - If I do a formalin bath (for all my fish, just to be safe?) is it 0.6mL/gal? I have 37% formalin. If I use a 3 gal bucket, I just add ~1.8 mL to freshly mixed salt water, aerating 30 min before and during the bath?
Oh. and can I just sacrifice some sand from my dt to put in a dish in the qt for my wrasse? or do I have to buy new, special substrate?
Actually, can I just use formalin as the treatment for both diseases, in the qt tank? It seems a 10 day treatment might do that, but I'm not sure how many people have experience with this.
Thank you for your help!!!