Brooklynella?

[arkaeus]

After seeing small clear-ish bumps on my royal gramma, I thought I had Flukes. After treating the DT with Prazipro (on my 3rd dose over the recommended limit on the last dose) I believe it may be something else. In the pictures I thought my powder blue tang was going through a horrific ick outbreak. After looking at different pictures of Brooklynella, I think I may have brook as the Prazipro isnt working.
I have treated all of these fish in a QT system using Prazipro and Chloroquine Phosphate for two months. I dont know how this happened but it did.
DO I need to treat with Foramlin? I will be removing the corals from the Main Tank as I will not be able to catch the fish. I understand Foramlin will kill my good and bad bacteria. Any advice? I tried to get the best pictures possible.
250gallon DT, 300g total volume. 300lbs of LR.

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[Allmost]

either brook, or still flukes.

I wouldnt treat the tank with formalin. drain the tank, remove rocks and corals, and move the fish to QT tank. then fill up again.

I would do a short formalin dip, and then put them in QT to be treated. ... dont overdose on formalin.

you could do a fresh water dip too ... to make sure weather its flukes or not.


sorry to see man.

 

[keepswimming]

You can do a freshwater dip with ph and temp match. Then Treat in a qt tank :http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ichparasiticdiseases/ht/treatbrooklynel.htm

I would act fast because this kind of stuff usually ends bad when you wait. Also feed garlic enriched food to boost and give them a better chance.

 

[tylersarah]

Did you add anything wet to the tank that may have transferred disease?

It could be flukes and given the theory the Prazi may be knocking the flukes back a bit whereas Brook probably would have killed by now. I had great success treating Formalin in QT after Prazipro dosings were not strong enough for my species of flukes, I would not do it in my display though. By the way, Prazi or Formalin won't kill the fluke eggs, so it takes time to end the cycle, but there is a very potent product, DeLos that will eradicate all stages, and sometimes even the fish.


Are the fish breathing heavily? Eating?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

+1 on all...do not dose formalin in the DT. Brook is better treated with dips every other day and put fish into a newly cleaned QT. Did you do a FW dip? If flukes or brook formalin will cure both so not a bad idea. I've heard that CP will treat brook but that's not been my experience. I agree with Sarah on all points. I too had to use formalin to cure an angel of flukes. Scientific studies have shown that Prazi is not 100% effective against neobenedenia.