Does Brooklynella only affect fish in the tank, or if I remove the fish from the tank... are soft corals still at risk? My oscellaris is starting to breath very rapidly, and is slowing down quite a bit. He's finally found a small cove where he isn't leaving. It might be a little bit too late for the poor little guy.
Brooklynella, fish only?
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Ok, so... my clown passed away last night. =( It didn't seem like ich, so my only other guess was Brooklynella. He seemed to have similar symptoms as described in other topics here. Luckily, I have no other fish in the tank... but I'm worried about everything else.
Does brooklynella affect hermits, snails, shrimp, or soft corals?
Does brooklynella affect hermits, snails, shrimp, or soft corals?
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Below is a writeup I did for another post, it may be helpful to your situation.
Read up on Brook and Ich. Brooklynella is a parasite that has very similar symptoms to Ich which includes Marine Velvet are also parasites. Brook is treated with Formalin and Ich is treated with copper. Some of the symptoms are rapid swimming, swimming at the top of the tank and gasping for air, fading color especially in the head area, sometimes spots on the body but not always, sometimes lesions on the body but not always. Brook can take your fish especially if its stressed out in a matter of days, Ich takes a little longer but it too will kill. If one fish in your tank has either of these parasites then ALL of you fish have the parasite even if they exhibit no symptoms and have to be treated or eventually they will die. That means setting up a treatment tank with copper in it and giving them Formalin dips. The tank the fish came out of also has the parasite in it and all of the fish have to be removed from the tank for a six week period to stop the life cycle of the parasite. The eggs of the parasite are in the bottom of your tank and can lay there dormant for up to six weeks. When they hatch they have to find a fish host or they will die. After six weeks the tank is safe for new occupants. Get on Google and read and read and read some more about these parasites and how to treat them and do it now before you lose all of your clowns and your other fish. Remember there is no one day cure, no one chemical cure; these parasites are difficult to get rid of so from now one, QT any new arrivals for at least 3 weeks or you may get stung again.
Read up on Brook and Ich. Brooklynella is a parasite that has very similar symptoms to Ich which includes Marine Velvet are also parasites. Brook is treated with Formalin and Ich is treated with copper. Some of the symptoms are rapid swimming, swimming at the top of the tank and gasping for air, fading color especially in the head area, sometimes spots on the body but not always, sometimes lesions on the body but not always. Brook can take your fish especially if its stressed out in a matter of days, Ich takes a little longer but it too will kill. If one fish in your tank has either of these parasites then ALL of you fish have the parasite even if they exhibit no symptoms and have to be treated or eventually they will die. That means setting up a treatment tank with copper in it and giving them Formalin dips. The tank the fish came out of also has the parasite in it and all of the fish have to be removed from the tank for a six week period to stop the life cycle of the parasite. The eggs of the parasite are in the bottom of your tank and can lay there dormant for up to six weeks. When they hatch they have to find a fish host or they will die. After six weeks the tank is safe for new occupants. Get on Google and read and read and read some more about these parasites and how to treat them and do it now before you lose all of your clowns and your other fish. Remember there is no one day cure, no one chemical cure; these parasites are difficult to get rid of so from now one, QT any new arrivals for at least 3 weeks or you may get stung again.
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I'm not a biologist so I'm not sure what a "free-living stage" is or what an "obligate" parasite is. Below is a write up on the life cycle of Brook that I can understand. What I draw from it is, the tank the fish came out of has to be fallow (fishless) for 4 weeks to make sure Brook is no longer in the tank. Most writer say 6 to 8 weeks. How long you leave it fishless is up to you. The below writeup is specifically for the Brook parasite
"LIFE CYCLE - Once reproduction has taken place, the newly formed protozoa is able to freely swim by the use of its ciliates and able to find a new host or more usually, attach to the same fish its "parents" are on, which is why you will note such a rapid progression of this parasite. Attachment usually occurs at the gills of the fish first and spreads out wards as they multiply, as this parasite feeds upon the fish, it also releases toxins that can prove fatal to the fish very quickly. Free swimming protozoa can persist for quite some time without a host to feed upon. As such, any aquarium that has had this parasite introduced to it, must remain fallow (fishless) for no less than four weeks in order for the remaining free swimming parasites to die off without a host to feed upon. As such, all fish within the aquarium must be put into a quarantine tank and treated, while being kept out of the main aquarium during that four week period."
"LIFE CYCLE - Once reproduction has taken place, the newly formed protozoa is able to freely swim by the use of its ciliates and able to find a new host or more usually, attach to the same fish its "parents" are on, which is why you will note such a rapid progression of this parasite. Attachment usually occurs at the gills of the fish first and spreads out wards as they multiply, as this parasite feeds upon the fish, it also releases toxins that can prove fatal to the fish very quickly. Free swimming protozoa can persist for quite some time without a host to feed upon. As such, any aquarium that has had this parasite introduced to it, must remain fallow (fishless) for no less than four weeks in order for the remaining free swimming parasites to die off without a host to feed upon. As such, all fish within the aquarium must be put into a quarantine tank and treated, while being kept out of the main aquarium during that four week period."
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