Ongoing Bacterial Disease Help Needed

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This is my post from 7/19/20: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/help-sick-fish.740872/#post-7800478

In summary: We believe a Yellow Tang brought in an illness. Yellow Tang died 7/3 and Tomini Tang died 7/17. The tangs were introduced 6/27. Filefish introduced at the end of May died 7/19. Hawkfish still alive and improving but still has a coating/discoloration. Other fish, 2 clowns, a azure damsel, diamond watchman goby, orange backed fairy wrasse, and a China Wrasse all appear healthy. Everyone is eating well.

What we've done to this point: 30gal water change on 7/19. Dosed Rally into the tank per bottled instructions for 7 days before turning the protein skimmer and UV sterilizer back on (had been off since we dosed the Rally). After the skimmer was back on for a few days we started Kanaplex + Focus mixed with brine shrimp and Selcon. I mixed up 11 days worth of doses and frozen them. I have another 2 doses to go. Trying to decide what our next step is. Hawkfish doesn't appear 100% and I don't want to stop treatment for whatever it is to come back.

*Did a 25gal water change 8/1 and started reef flux (fluconazole) for bryopsis. Skimmer cup was off for 3 days and put back on Tuesday evening.

Tank running for 1yr. 180gal total.
water testing from 8/1 couple hour after water change:
Temp: 78
pH: 8
Nitrate: 12
Phosphate: 0.25
Alk: 8.7
Salinity: 1.024
Magnesium: 1310
Calcium: 430

Test kits:
Hanna check for Alk, Salifert for phosphate, API for pH, NYOS for Nitrate, and a refractor for the salinity.

We feed brine and mysis shrimp, reef frenzy, and added masstick for the china wrasse.

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that almost looks like brooklynella to me because of the coating on the fish
The clowns seem to look good. We've had them for almost a year. And if it is Brooklynella, should I do another round of Rally?

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brook is best treated with metroplex but thats just my guess on what it is. is possible you can pull the remaining fish place them into QT and run copper along with metroplex and leave the tank fishless for 6 weeks i think thats the best course of action
 
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Here's the Hawkfish today. Would love some more input before I resign myself to trying to catch all the fish abd quarantine them in a small 20gal tank for 6wks if it's brooklynella

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