Help, please ID what my kole tang has

[AnnaCassandra]

I've had this fish for 3 weeks, a few days ago I thought he looked a little splotchy(not white like dark splotches and they seemed to go away at times) but he was eating and swimming normally so I thought I would watch and see since it didn't look like any of the usual suspects. He was the most recent addition a few weeks ago and the only thing I'd added since was a torch frag about 2 weeks ago. I didn't qt this guy (I know but it was a risk I was willing to take at the time) I am prepared to pull all of my other fish out of the store to treat. This morning I woke up to this , I pulled him out and did a freshwater dip.
I checked all of my parameters
Salinity 1.026
Nitrates undetectable
Phosphate undetectable
Temp 26.4C

 

[AnnaCassandra]

He's a goner ��, I took the body to the LFS to see if they could help ID cause of death and suggest an action for the rest of the fish. They recommended that we wait and see if any of the other fish develop symptoms and use seachem Paraguard as a treatment if they do.

I'm not sure I like that approach, I'd rather find out what it was also I'm not sure about Paraguard as a treatment. This is my first fish loss, so I'm not sure what to do.

 

[scooter31707]

Look like it could have may been velvet or brook.

 

[AnnaCassandra]

I'm thinking it may have been brooklynella, the two clowns I have look like they have a white coating and the Coral beauty looks like he lost part of his left fin this morning. I'm going to put them all in QT today, will paraguard work to treat them? Should I follow the instructions for daily dose in the QT or do the 1 hour dips?

 

[scooter31707]

I had brook one time and treated with Formalin baths with great success. I read some post on here that CP will treat it also.

 

[AnnaCassandra]

We lost the CB angel last night- I gave him a freshwater dip as soon as I got home from work but it was too late, he was too far gone, I'm very sad for my fishes. All fish are now in hospital tank. The two clowns are starting to show symptoms so I gave them a freshwater dip. The yellow tang and purple firefish still seem to be ok, and I've added paraguard to the hospital tank. I'm thinking I will do a bath with the paraguard on the two clowns when I get home today. The LFS didn't carry formalin or CP and I'm not sure where else I could get either locally- so I'm really hoping the paraguard works.

 

[AnnaCassandra]

Also, I wanted to ask about future prevention, obviously I learned a lesson about quarantining (it was the husband that talked me out of it when I added this fish, so let's all blame him) but in this case the kole tang had been in my system for approx 4 weeks before he showed any symptoms, I bought him on Mar 30, he died Apr 30 and only showed any symptoms 1-2 days prior. So I really don't think this came in on the fish, I think it had to have come in on the coral I added two weeks ago. Is there a coral dip that will rid frags of potential fish killing parasites? I live in Canada and I can't get bayer, I've been using coral Rx to dip all incoming corals. Will a freshwater dip help? I could QT incoming corals but I don't have sufficient lighting for the qt tank, and I really can't afford another $600 light just for the QT.

 

[FishN00b83]

Also, I wanted to ask about future prevention, obviously I learned a lesson about quarantining (it was the husband that talked me out of it when I added this fish, so let's all blame him) but in this case the kole tang had been in my system for approx 4 weeks before he showed any symptoms, I bought him on Mar 30, he died Apr 30 and only showed any symptoms 1-2 days prior. So I really don't think this came in on the fish, I think it had to have come in on the coral I added two weeks ago. Is there a coral dip that will rid frags of potential fish killing parasites? I live in Canada and I can't get bayer, I've been using coral Rx to dip all incoming corals. Will a freshwater dip help? I could QT incoming corals but I don't have sufficient lighting for the qt tank, and I really can't afford another $600 light just for the QT.

If you want to QT properly, everything wet needs to be QTed for 72 days minimum. Corals should be in a fishless tank and every time something new is added the clock starts over again.

With all new fish I TTM right away with prazi on the 2nd, 4th, and final transfer (the final one is new because I really want to make sure flukes are gone). I recently bought Formalin-MS and used it on two clowns that were showing signs of brook and seem to be alive and well now. I transfer all fish to a 55g QT and watch them for another few weeks. I make sure the ich is gone, they don't show any signs of other parasites, and they're eating and looking healthy. Once that happens they go in the main tank.