One down with Brook---now what?

[spartachris]

I just lost my biggest clownfish to what seems to be brooklynella. We had our fish funeral before I took pictures, so I can't show you those. He had all the classic symptoms, however.

Now, I recently moved tanks, and this guy was my oldest fish, always healthy and good. Since then I've added five small fish over a three week period. I haven't added anything in two weeks.

None of the other fish in the tank, including the new guys are showing any symptoms or problems. I do not relish the thought of trying to remove all my fish into a hospital tank, and not sure it's even possible with my rockwork and size of tank (125g).

So what should I do?

1. Risk leaving them all in and seeing if I have any other deaths? How long should I wait before assuming it's safe to add new fish? I'm willing to do this since I don't have too much money invested right now anyway.

2. Get as many out as I can and leave the display fallow for 12 weeks?

Those of you who have gone through this before, did all your fish get sick at once? Did you treat all of them? Did you wait it out?

Thanks!

 

[Mrscribbled]

Brook typically just affects clownfish, often the other fish wi ll be fine, but any remaining clownfish would need formalin treatment.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Recently treated a Flame Angel for brook. He was in a tank with 3 other fish. He was the only one that showed symptoms. I put the other fish in a QT to observe for symptoms. They never showed any. The flame, however, had to go through 5 formalin dips every other day. The tank remained fallow for 8 weeks. All fish went back into the main after the fallow period.

 

[spartachris]

Thanks for the input. I'm keeping a close eye on all of them and will see what transpires. On a related note, since Brook affects only fish, would it be stupid to add corals at this time???

 

[keving]

I would let the disease run its course before adding anything, including inverts