help with brooklynella!!!

[Tylers Reef]

I have my 56gal reef tank well stocked with both fish and coral. Ive had my false t/r perc in for over a year, with a mate that recently died..ooo about 2 months ago due to being egg bound...i recently added another "t/r" false perc about 2 weeks ago, and within the last day had the symptoms of brooklynella pop up. i called the local reef store for help but he said he hadnt any luck..best ive come up with is using quick cure since it has malachite green and formalin, the known cure for brooklynella. i got a gallon of water in a Styrofoam container, used an air stone and abided by the directions for quick cure (one drop per gallon) and did a 30 min dip for both clowns since no lathargic notions have been noticed, i let them sit for the full 30 mins. once added back into the tank they immediatley started eating (ocean nutrition w garlic for immune support), but about 20 mins later the small clown w the worst case started swimming in wide fast circles. so i set up a qt with ro salt and fresh droppin salinity to 1.018 and only putting new clown in, where it appears to be ok now, not flipping out..am i doing this right??? any opinions or help from someone whose had this prob before and came out successful?
ph-8.2
salinity 1.024
calc 400
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
vodka dose daily, water changes maintained

 

[Tylers Reef]

update:
smaller clown was left in qt overnight, 5 gals water salinity 1.018 and 5 drops of quick cure. he was flipping out and swimming in circles last night, and now his coat cleared up and he is acting normal, as well with the older clown in my tank. not sure if the initial dip was the trick, since the clown that stayed in the tank cleared up as well, but it seems like it worked. they both are eating well and seem to be better.

 

[jestr]

Glad to hear and great update I've personally never heard of that sickness

 

[Tylers Reef]

ive done my research and talked to the lfs owner and he was familiar with it but never had any success in treating it, so i go off what i learned in biology and on the internet and did my best. another claim it could be is marine velvet, but treatments are similar.

 

[Leviathan_XE]

Good luck with your efforts. I wasn't able to cure it fast enough when it happened to me. You may want to repeat the formalin dip to ensure that you get all of the parisites. I didn't treat aggressive enough and even though the 1st treatment seemd to work best I can tell was that it only killed enough of them to give the fish relief temporarily.

 

[Tylers Reef]

well right now the one who showed the worst symptoms was left in my emergency qt overnight, and has shown major improvement. i still see a lil dandrift like film on him but he is eating like crazy and not swimming in circles as he was last night. so im hoping i caught him in time. he is in a formalin solution water with dropped salinity,so im hoping the hyposalinity shock helps destroy some of the parasite.

 

[MarinaP]

Does not sound like brook.

 

[Tylers Reef]

see thats what i got to thinking myself...the symptoms were not as drastic as all the pics ive seen, but still was a major concern. they were still eating fine, not rapid breathing, but they had the flaky mucus. both are eating just fine, but my main concern was my small clown swimming in constant circles at the top of the tank, and ive read others that have experience w brook mention it.