Brooklynella Question

[goat585]

I have been dealing what I believe is Brooklynella on my new blue stripe clownfish pair. I have been using the long term bath method on the pair of clownfish for the last 16 days. I started off with a low dose 1 drop per gallon per day and doing 25 percent water changes daily. Only one has showed signs of the disease. The other one has shown now symptoms but is going through the same treatment. The one that showed symptoms was not eating and had some small slime patches at the beginning. After a few days of treatment the slime patches remained but he started eating. No over the last week the slime patches look worst but he is still eating. He is a little more lethargic. 3 days ago I bumped the formalin up to 2 drops per gallon. I also dropped my salinity and it is down at 1.015

My question is do I continue with the same course of treatment, start some dips or maybe something else?

Since he is eating and I know metro can help with bacterial infections and brook could I feed him metro soaked foods like Dr G's bacteria caviar which has metro and I believe kanacyin in it? Would it be an issue mixing this with the formalin?

Thanks

 

[Newsmyrna80]

I would stop mixing the two immediately. Formalin should never be mixed with another chemical. Dips are the preferred method of treatment. The problem with baths is the dosage are not therapeutic levels. Dips can be done every other day for five dips. I put them in a clean tank after each dip.

 

[snorvich]

I would stop mixing the two immediately. Formalin should never be mixed with another chemical. Dips are the preferred method of treatment. The problem with baths is the dosage are not therapeutic levels. Dips can be done every other day for five dips. I put them in a clean tank after each dip.

I agree. The most important issue after dips is putting them in a clean tank. The dip will remove parasites, but that will not help if they are reinfected.

 

[goat585]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the feedback