Hello RC members!
A few days ago I started this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2331460
with pictures asking for help with a diagnosis.
I'm pretty sure it's brook that's infested my clowns (if one passes, I'll be sure to look at a gill and tissue sample under a microscope to confirm).
Two days ago my big female looked like she was on the brink, but yesterday and today her color has returned and the large growth on her left gill adjacent to her first bar is slowly shrinking.
Yesterday the little male looked like he was done for: tight skin, erratic swimming, white mucous on his dorsal area. Today he doesn't look 100% back to normal, but he does look better: color returning (still some external, dorsal mucous), eating (not just "toying" with food), and more "normal" swimming.
I know that I still need to treat, but unfortunately my order of formalin and Fish Vet's Revive won't be delivered until Thursday (no local stores carry it).
So my question is has anyone else ever seen a fish fight a brooklynella infestation after it already looks like it's "too late"? Is it just going to come back and hit harder (hopefully not before the meds arrive)?
If this is unheard of for brook, does anyone have any ideas on what it might be?
A few days ago I started this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2331460
with pictures asking for help with a diagnosis.
I'm pretty sure it's brook that's infested my clowns (if one passes, I'll be sure to look at a gill and tissue sample under a microscope to confirm).
Two days ago my big female looked like she was on the brink, but yesterday and today her color has returned and the large growth on her left gill adjacent to her first bar is slowly shrinking.
Yesterday the little male looked like he was done for: tight skin, erratic swimming, white mucous on his dorsal area. Today he doesn't look 100% back to normal, but he does look better: color returning (still some external, dorsal mucous), eating (not just "toying" with food), and more "normal" swimming.
I know that I still need to treat, but unfortunately my order of formalin and Fish Vet's Revive won't be delivered until Thursday (no local stores carry it).
So my question is has anyone else ever seen a fish fight a brooklynella infestation after it already looks like it's "too late"? Is it just going to come back and hit harder (hopefully not before the meds arrive)?
If this is unheard of for brook, does anyone have any ideas on what it might be?
