Ich??

[salty_dawg]

Helped my mom set up a reef tank went to her house today and was looking at her fish kind of looked like her black snow flake has ich but I’m not 100% positive. If so would kick ich be a good remedy ? Never used but have heard it’s reef safe

 

[40g Nano]

not ich, but maybe velvet or brook
I would put in qt with treatment, but wait for someone else too

 

[salty_dawg]

Now that I look at it looks like brook

 

[BaysEndReef]

Surely looks like brooklynella to me. I have used formalin and placed in QT to treat.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Brooklynella (early stage which is good)
Best recourse for treatment is to begin with freshwater bath followed by Formalin baths.(Typically a standard formalin solution is mixed with either fresh or saltwater in a separate treatment container). Formalin is 37% formaldehyde based and best ones are general cure and ruby rally pro. I like ruby rally
The longer the fish are exposed to the formalin treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this disease.

 

[salty_dawg]

Brooklynella (early stage which is good)
Best recourse for treatment is to begin with freshwater bath followed by Formalin baths.(Typically a standard formalin solution is mixed with either fresh or saltwater in a separate treatment container). Formalin is 37% formaldehyde based and best ones are general cure and ruby rally pro. I like ruby rally
The longer the fish are exposed to the formalin treatment, the more effective it will be at eliminating this disease.

Can it be done without qt ? My mom doesn’t have a qt tank but if needed we can buy one

 

[BaysEndReef]

It can be done without QT, but you run a high risk of reinfection.

 

[BaysEndReef]

I would highly suggest getting a small QT setup for things like this. It's relatively low maintenance as long as you clean properly after giving different medications. I run two different QT systems. One is for new fish coming into my system and the other is for sick/infected fish that have already been in my system. The first is a 20g long. The second is a 10g. Bare bottom, pvc, hang-on-the-back filter, heater, ammonia alert badge.... that's about it. (this is all my preference, of course. some people run a QT differently.)

If you have a large chain pet store/fish store nearby, they usually run a $1 per gallon sale on their smaller tanks. I got both of mine from Petco and Petsmart.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can it be done without qt ? My mom doesn’t have a qt tank but if needed we can buy one

Best to have one (QT) but medic is reef safe

 

[salty_dawg]

Best to have one (QT) but medic is reef safe

Ok we are going to have to order meds after removing fish and putting in qt how long does it take for the disease to leave the display ?

 

[BaysEndReef]

Brook spends its whole lifecycle on the fish. However, it could drop off into the water column and rapidly infect another fish. It's not like ich, how it drops off and spends some of its life in the sand, etc.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ok we are going to have to order meds after removing fish and putting in qt how long does it take for the disease to leave the display ?

Hate to say but 2 1/2 months

 

[salty_dawg]

Hate to say but 2 1/2 months

I just had her order rally we’re gonna try it in the tank

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just had her order rally we’re gonna try it in the tank

Its deemed safe

 

[BaysEndReef]

Ok we are going to have to order meds after removing fish and putting in qt how long does it take for the disease to leave the display ?

6 weeks fallow for brooklynella. 76 days fallow for all strains of ich. Just to be safe, I would make it the full 76 days as @vetteguy53081 stated.

 

[Tamberav]

Can it be done without qt ? My mom doesn’t have a qt tank but if needed we can buy one

I have used 5g buckets or plastic totes as QT. I just put an airstone in them.

 

[vetteguy53081]

6 weeks fallow for brooklynella. 76 days fallow for all strains of ich. Just to be safe, I would make it the full 76 days as @vetteguy53081 stated.

My typo .... 1 1/2 months. Fat finger typing
Thank goodness i get new Iphone 12 tomorrow with larger keypad

 

[BaysEndReef]

My typo .... 1 1/2 months. Fat finger typing
Thank goodness i get new Iphone 12 tomorrow with larger keypad

I know the feeling. I refuse to make any comments on here from my phone. The number of typos or obscure things that might show up would be horrendous.

 

[salty_dawg]

Thanks guys really appreciate it we will see if rally has a effect on the coral .

 

[salty_dawg]

Update dollar a gallon sale at petco bought a quarantine tank dosed it with rally and rid ich plus hopefully we can get it under control . Fish will be out of display for a month