Brooklynella Disease

[bnb180]

Help!

I just did something stupid. I recently purchased two ORA clown fishes and a flame angel fish. The 2nd day the clown fish started to swim like crazy. It died the following day. I think it has the Brooklynella disease. The 2nd clown is showing the same problem with slime on the skin. The flame also died.

My tank is a 220 gal established for over 3 years. I have other fishes such as hippo tang, yellow tang, purple tang, chromises...they all have been with me for awhile now without problems. I have noticed some signs of the disease on the blue tang. My gramma loretta of 2 years also died. I have lots and lots of corals.

Question is do I need to take all the fishes out and treat them as having the brooklynella disease? Or do I let them be hoping that since they have been in the tank for so long, they will survive. Anything that I can treat in the main tank?

It is a lot of work to remove the fishes as I would have to remove all the rocks and coral. Any suggestion will be appricated. I think I already know the answer, but I thought I asked. for options.

Lesson learned: sometime I think I know more than I do. I should of have quarantined them.

thanks,

Jim

 

[romsoccer12]

brook will kill them all. it is a relentless disease. i would treat them now but the fish already showing signs of brook have little hope. i think you wait 6weeks before adding your livestock back into your tank but i cant exactly remember. the clownfish/anemone forum is great with helping how to treat brook because clownfish have it very often. GL

 

[bnb180]

Thanks. Ok, I have opened a new thread at the clown fish forum.