I got my first fish, a pair of clowns and after about a week they died. The first one had white dust and fins looked like they had missing pieces. The black color was faded fast breathing. The first fish died the the second a few days later. I got a third single clown couple weeks later and within a few days now it has the same symptoms and prob won't make it. I suspect it's Brooklynella. I have lots of corals which are all doing great. I don't have a qt tank. It seems what ever is attacking the fish is in my water and I would like to know they best way to treat and get rid of this.
Fish keep dying suspect Brooklynella
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Thanks for the advice. This most recent single third clown I added got the same thing after being introduced to the tank. The first two clowns and the third came from separate sources and looked great when purchased. The third final clown died lastnight. There are no more fish in the tank.
Are you saying at this point just leave the tank fish less for 6 weeks and this parasite will eventually die off naturally?
I believe Chris is suggesting that one of your first two clowns, if not both, were already infected with brook when you purchased them. in turn it killed fish 1 and 2. then with having the disease in your display tank, it killed fish 3 and will more than likely continue to kill anything else you put in there until it sits fallow for 6 weeks min, assuming it is in fact brook
Mishri
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The first 2 clowns had it, and transmitted it to your tank. Now you need to wait 6 weeks for it to die off. Diseases don't always appear right away (usually places wont sell you a fish they can tell is diseased).. In some cases it can take months for something to be visible (such as Ich)
Deinonych
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Exactly.
What if it's not brook and something else what should I do? I read descriptions of clown fish diseases and the clowns I had seem to have characteristics of many diseases however I did not notice any legions. I do have a pistol shrimp and harlequin shrimp that have been doing great
Mishri
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other possibilities would be velvet or ich, ich they recommend 90 day fallow period (although some people only say 60 days). velvet recommendation is 60 days.
so.. if you want to be safe wait a few months... your shrimp can't get or carry it so they are fine in there. These are all parasites that feed off of fish... so you are waiting for the eggs to hatch and then starve.
so.. if you want to be safe wait a few months... your shrimp can't get or carry it so they are fine in there. These are all parasites that feed off of fish... so you are waiting for the eggs to hatch and then starve.
What about a yasha goby does this disease effect them?
Deinonych
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Ich typically does not kill quickly. Velvet fallow period is the same as brook - 6 weeks minimum. That said, we won't truly know what is infecting the OP's fish. This is why a QT protocol is so important - to identify and hopefully eliminate pathogens before they enter the DT.
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