playa0069u
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did you dip him in fresh or salt?
Sick Clownfish?
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budhorse775
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I had a battle with Brooklynella earlier this year. I lost 2 clowns, a royal gramma, flame angel, and a mandarin dragonete. All died within a week of each other.
1 Gallon of water from the tank with 20 drops of formalin for 45 mins with an airstone.
Yikes sorry to hear that, I am hoping it's nothing serious as he has had the marks for about a week the other fish in the tank show no signs. I still don't know for sure if its brooklynella, I'm no expert and I am just making my best educated guess off of what I have read and others opinions.
playa0069u
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i wasnt sure either, but i used freshwater with some quick cure which I believe is formalin
playa0069u
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Idk, it says it has formalin and malachite green in it. I remember not using very much, like half a drop or something. I did it and checked on the fish alot, and if he starts freaking out I would take him out but he never did he seemed chill the whole time. then I dripped him back to salt water. I think clowns are pretty tuff. i read somewhre that brooklynella will kill them within hours, so i wasnt taking any chances. idk if it was that or not though. i dont remember how long i left him in there though, I think it was a few minutes.
Here are some shots of him from a few mins ago, he is doing well in his QT. The white spots are pretty much gone, a tiny bit on his tail on some on his right side (stupid glare makes it hard to see) Only hitch is none of the fish like the medicated food, they all take in a bit and spit it out. It probably doesn't help that I don't feed flake. Hopefully I will be able to ween them all on to eating flake.
He pretty much hangs in that one corner, he can still swim fine but rarely leaves that corner.
He pretty much hangs in that one corner, he can still swim fine but rarely leaves that corner.
ReefArtist
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That is great news Mitch - remember if he flat refuses to eat the medicated make sure you give him what he likes. He needs to stay health to fight this off. I mixed mine with the food I would normally feed - they would get at least a little of the medicated.
Update: He is doing good today, swimming around much more... He has taken home to the PVC and hangs out inside of it. He still doesn't like the flake food but he scarfed down his normal helping of oraglo. White marks look to be mostly gone and he is holding his top fin up like normal too.
How long after the spots are gone should I stop dosing the formalin?
How long after the spots are gone should I stop dosing the formalin?
ReefArtist
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That is wonderful news Mitch. From my understanding and what I have done in the pass is:
Dose every other day until the spots had disappeared. Then I repeated the treatment 10 days after the last spots. Make sure you change the water properly. So - he'll need to be in QT for a few weeks but that is great news. My little clowns were in QT for two months - that was very hard with a 10g tank!
If John keys in or if you call him - please follow his advice as this is just what I have done.
That is great news!
Dose every other day until the spots had disappeared. Then I repeated the treatment 10 days after the last spots. Make sure you change the water properly. So - he'll need to be in QT for a few weeks but that is great news. My little clowns were in QT for two months - that was very hard with a 10g tank!
If John keys in or if you call him - please follow his advice as this is just what I have done.
That is great news!
I have, he printed out a write up he did on brook with treatment procedures for me I am following all steps he advised me to do. Only thing that is a big pita is the QT doing a 50% WC daily is going to take its toll fast, especially since I don't have a RODI.
We will see how it goes but at this rate its going to be tough to keep him in there for 30+ days.
30 days x $1.50 for 5 gallons = $45 and 150gal worth of salt mix.. thats just under $100 + medications. Not to mention I have to go get the 5gal every day, mix and heat it.
ReefArtist
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Mitch - I know what you are going through with all the water changes, medication etc. The main thing at this point is to make sure all of the spots are gone. Once that is accomplished if I were you I would try to keep him in for another week at least - doing a final treatment before he goes back into the tank. PLEASE I'm not telling you to do this and you will be taking a chance of it coming back or giving it to your other fish (if you have others). I'm just saying if you can't afford it, this is the mininum treatment I would attempt. If you do put him back in and it starts again - then you'll have to start all over again.
Hopefully it will all workout for you and the little guy, but if you get into trouble please give me a PM. Keep us posted on how he is doing.
Hopefully it will all workout for you and the little guy, but if you get into trouble please give me a PM. Keep us posted on how he is doing.
NewNanoDude
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Mitch,
i got a RO/DI, you live litterally 5 mins away. I will bring you a big jug today if you would like?????
Let me know bud.
i got a RO/DI, you live litterally 5 mins away. I will bring you a big jug today if you would like?????
Let me know bud.
NewNanoDude
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Oh and yes I can bring you 5 gallons a day if needed. Actually can bring you at least 10 gallons today. Let me know..
I am going to keep him in there as long as possible, cost really isn't a big deal its just a pain going to the store to get 5gal of water each day lol. I talked to john about it and he said it would be Ok to drop down to 5gal total so its only a 2.5 gal water change a day. Payday is the 15th and I think I am going to finally bite the bullet and get an RODI.
Thanks! I don't need any right now I actually have 10gal made up on hand. I will let you know if I get in a bind though thanks.
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UPDATE: He is not doing so well this morning... There are no spots on him but he is breathing very heavily and keeping his mouth open. He would not eat anything, I just changed his water out to see if that will help. Removed about 7.5 gal and added 2.5 from tank so he's at 5gal now. The water is heavily aerated with 2 airstones and I have a fan blowing in there to keep his water temp stable.
I cannot do any tests because the water is colored from the medication but I have not been over feeding him (just what he eats then immediately syphon up anything he dropped) and doing daily 50% water changes so it cannot be ammonia or the water.
Is there anything I should do for him, maybe the parasite is in his gills
Going to call John at 11.
I cannot do any tests because the water is colored from the medication but I have not been over feeding him (just what he eats then immediately syphon up anything he dropped) and doing daily 50% water changes so it cannot be ammonia or the water.
Is there anything I should do for him, maybe the parasite is in his gills
Going to call John at 11.
