I am running three fish through quarantine. I just finished up copper for suspected ich and have now transferred to a second quarantine after 14 days. A day later I am seeing brook on the foxface. I dont have a ruby reef rally nor any 37% formalin on hand and know brook is a fast killer. I think a dip would just be temporary so I am reluctant to stress the fish and have to follow up with meds anyway. So I decided to dose ich x formaldehyde. My question is has anyone had any success dosing ichx into QT for brook. Also are there any thoughts about also dosing metro at the same time as ichx.
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Are you confident in your diagnosis? I’ve never seen Brooklynella on a fox face before. Ich-X should work, but does the bottle give an indication as to the bottle concentration?
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Yes. I am confident. The fish is shedding white spot mucous. Not sure it could be anything else but brook. The bottle shows ~5% formaldahyde with .1% malachite green. I know it is not 37% but dont want to overdose the med either. Not sure if adding metro would be a toxic combination.
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