Is this brooklynella?

[iapereira]

I have 2 pairs of clownfishes in my 120gal tank, I noticed that they have a sort of slime on their body. It is more visuable on the red pair, and one of the red ones has a swollen eye. Fishes are eating like normal and don’t show any signs of complications with breathing.

Can someone help me figure out if this is brooklynella? If so, how should I deal with this?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have 2 pairs of clownfishes in my 120gal tank, I noticed that they have a sort of slime on their body. It is more visuable on the red pair, and one of the red ones has a swollen eye. Fishes are eating like normal and don’t show any signs of complications with breathing.

Can someone help me figure out if this is brooklynella? If so, how should I deal with this?

Seeing slight discoloration and some secondary lesions suggest it may be the start of brook. 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.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I have 2 pairs of clownfishes in my 120gal tank, I noticed that they have a sort of slime on their body. It is more visuable on the red pair, and one of the red ones has a swollen eye. Fishes are eating like normal and don’t show any signs of complications with breathing.

Can someone help me figure out if this is brooklynella? If so, how should I deal with this?

I agree - this could be the start of Brooklynella. However, the clown in the first two photos has bulging eyes and that isn't a symptom of Brook. However, it also isn't a symptom of any one disease, but can be serious. Supersaturation of the water can cause this, as can physical injury. Mycobacterium infections can also cause this, but that is really only seen in older, long term captives (which is good, because it isn't treatable).

Can you post a video of the fish? Sometimes that shows us more in the way of symptoms.....

 

[iapereira]

Thank you for the responses! Here are some videos.

Can ruby rally pro be used in the MD? 2 weeks treatment should be enough?
Also, does it help to give them a methylene blue bath before treating with ruby?

I don’t have anything else in there for now, just the 2 pairs. I was trying to catch them, but they are super fast

 

[iapereira]

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you for the responses! Here are some videos.

Can ruby rally pro be used in the MD? 2 weeks treatment should be enough?
Also, does it help to give them a methylene blue bath before treating with ruby?

I don’t have anything else in there for now, just the 2 pairs. I was trying to catch them, but they are super fast

I’d skip the methylene blue.

You can use rally pro in your main display. It doesn’t always work for severe infections, but your fish don’t show severe symptoms.” In the videos…..