Questions and help about possible Brooklynella?

[villz]

Good afternoon all,

This is my first time posting to hear but I’ve used this website as a resource for the past 2yrs and I really appreciate all the help I get from people posting. Now I’m finally posting my own question and I'm hoping someone can help me out with some advice I have a 40 gallon with a pair of clownfish and some other fish and shrimp. My male clown fish started exhibiting a lethargic behavior recently, he's now swimming in the corner of my 40gallon tank and breathing looks a little heavy but maybe I’m hyper analyzing my bigger concern is he stopped eating.

I started googling and now I'm panicking and starting to think it's Brooklynella but when I google the symptoms Brooklynella the signs seem to be heavy mucus, gray skin, cloudy eyes and frayed fins along with heavy breathing and less feeding. But my male clown fish seems to only 1 1/2 of the symptoms and staying in one corner.


Could it just be a random small illness that will pass or should I be immediately removing everyone and to put them in QT ?? I have a 10 gallon for QT but it's not guaranteed to be "clean" of parasites. I had a cleaner wrasse and yellow Cori's wrasse and a yellow citron goby in the QT tank in the last month. So I feel like l'd need to go pick up a new just clean glass tank and sponge filter

Since January I added the yellow coris wrasse and cleaner wrasse and they look totally fine right now. Is brook really only harmful to clownfish? And why does my female clown fish still look healthy and roams the tank eating.

I also ordered ruby reef pro but I would have to buy another small tank to be able to run that. Or could I do the ruby reef bath for 90 mins and drop him back in the tank.

Please let me know if you have any tips.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good afternoon all,

This is my first time posting to hear but I’ve used this website as a resource for the past 2yrs and I really appreciate all the help I get from people posting. Now I’m finally posting my own question and I'm hoping someone can help me out with some advice I have a 40 gallon with a pair of clownfish and some other fish and shrimp. My male clown fish started exhibiting a lethargic behavior recently, he's now swimming in the corner of my 40gallon tank and breathing looks a little heavy but maybe I’m hyper analyzing my bigger concern is he stopped eating.

I started googling and now I'm panicking and starting to think it's Brooklynella but when I google the symptoms Brooklynella the signs seem to be heavy mucus, gray skin, cloudy eyes and frayed fins along with heavy breathing and less feeding. But my male clown fish seems to only 1 1/2 of the symptoms and staying in one corner.


Could it just be a random small illness that will pass or should I be immediately removing everyone and to put them in QT ?? I have a 10 gallon for QT but it's not guaranteed to be "clean" of parasites. I had a cleaner wrasse and yellow Cori's wrasse and a yellow citron goby in the QT tank in the last month. So I feel like l'd need to go pick up a new just clean glass tank and sponge filter

Since January I added the yellow coris wrasse and cleaner wrasse and they look totally fine right now. Is brook really only harmful to clownfish? And why does my female clown fish still look healthy and roams the tank eating.

I also ordered ruby reef pro but I would have to buy another small tank to be able to run that. Or could I do the ruby reef bath for 90 mins and drop him back in the tank.

Please let me know if you have any tips.

It’s possible and would love to confirm but these pics are dark and with fish, impossible to clearly see
Please repost using bright white light intensity- No blue
If brook, you will see increased breathing, loss of color and appetite, lethargic behavior, unusual swim pattern as examples

 

[MnFish1]

Hard to see - white light would be better. It could be you're overreacting - it also seems like it could be an illness - Ruby Rally pro - is a good idea - if only to have it

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good afternoon all,

This is my first time posting to hear but I’ve used this website as a resource for the past 2yrs and I really appreciate all the help I get from people posting. Now I’m finally posting my own question and I'm hoping someone can help me out with some advice I have a 40 gallon with a pair of clownfish and some other fish and shrimp. My male clown fish started exhibiting a lethargic behavior recently, he's now swimming in the corner of my 40gallon tank and breathing looks a little heavy but maybe I’m hyper analyzing my bigger concern is he stopped eating.

I started googling and now I'm panicking and starting to think it's Brooklynella but when I google the symptoms Brooklynella the signs seem to be heavy mucus, gray skin, cloudy eyes and frayed fins along with heavy breathing and less feeding. But my male clown fish seems to only 1 1/2 of the symptoms and staying in one corner.


Could it just be a random small illness that will pass or should I be immediately removing everyone and to put them in QT ?? I have a 10 gallon for QT but it's not guaranteed to be "clean" of parasites. I had a cleaner wrasse and yellow Cori's wrasse and a yellow citron goby in the QT tank in the last month. So I feel like l'd need to go pick up a new just clean glass tank and sponge filter

Since January I added the yellow coris wrasse and cleaner wrasse and they look totally fine right now. Is brook really only harmful to clownfish? And why does my female clown fish still look healthy and roams the tank eating.

I also ordered ruby reef pro but I would have to buy another small tank to be able to run that. Or could I do the ruby reef bath for 90 mins and drop him back in the tank.

Please let me know if you have any tips.

Ruby Rally is safe to use with coral or inverts while I strongly recommend isolating fish during treatment. A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store, a rubbermaid type tub or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.

 

[villz]

 

[villz]

Ruby Rally is safe to use with coral or inverts while I strongly recommend isolating fish during treatment. A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store, a rubbermaid type tub or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.

I added some more photos with white light, I also did go out and purchase myself a cheap 10 gallon tank with a cover and an extra

 

[vetteguy53081]

The pics are difficult as there is a lot of floating debris but do see on body , secondary bacterial lesions often associated with brooklynella and confused with ich.
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.

 

[villz]

The pics are difficult as there is a lot of floating debris but do see on body , secondary bacterial lesions often associated with brooklynella and confused with ich.
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.

Thank you so much for your advice, I’ve been given an extra 2 days and he still hasn’t eaten so I am going to set up the QT for him.

I did catch this picture of the female clown under blue light, I know it’s optimal but I was only able to get her to come to the glass under this light. Would you say her gills look okay?

Also any tips on how to catch a yellow watch man goby to try and get this tank to be fishless for 6 weeks? I think I QT everyone if I can catch them but catching him and the royal gramma is going to be awful