Donivan2009
New member
Hey guys,
So 3 days ago I noticed one of my Clownfish had a white slime substance growing on him. He was eating and acting normal, but I recognized it immediately as Brooklynella. I've never encountered it before, but i've researched so many fish diseases that I recognized it. Luckily I was able to net the fish and put him into a QT I have set-up to run constantly. I've been pretty sad about it because I tend to get pretty attached to my fish. Anyways, I didn't have any formalin or other formaldehyde medication so I went ahead and ordered some online (no place sold it in my area). I was concerned he wouldn't survive in time for the medication to get here as Brook tends to be very quickly progressing and can kill a victim in a day or two, so I began treatment with Instant Ocean's "LifeGuard".
The next morning I woke up pretty early and checked on the fish. His tail fin had started deteriorating pretty bady and looked frayed. However the white slime looked as if it was improving. Today is day 3 of treatment, and i'm a bit surprised. All of the white slime is gone, and his tail fin looks better. It's not frayed out anymore and looks to be healing. I'm hoping that this LifeGuard will work just long enough for the formalin to get here.
Has anyone ever used LifeGuard before for Brook? What was the results? I also would love to hear other's experience treating and dealing with Brook on any of their fish. Should I do anything to my DT to prevent a future outbreak? I have already done a 40% water change over 2 days, vacuuming the sand bed the best I could. It pains me to see this fish in the HT all by himself, so I hope he gets better soon.
So 3 days ago I noticed one of my Clownfish had a white slime substance growing on him. He was eating and acting normal, but I recognized it immediately as Brooklynella. I've never encountered it before, but i've researched so many fish diseases that I recognized it. Luckily I was able to net the fish and put him into a QT I have set-up to run constantly. I've been pretty sad about it because I tend to get pretty attached to my fish. Anyways, I didn't have any formalin or other formaldehyde medication so I went ahead and ordered some online (no place sold it in my area). I was concerned he wouldn't survive in time for the medication to get here as Brook tends to be very quickly progressing and can kill a victim in a day or two, so I began treatment with Instant Ocean's "LifeGuard".
The next morning I woke up pretty early and checked on the fish. His tail fin had started deteriorating pretty bady and looked frayed. However the white slime looked as if it was improving. Today is day 3 of treatment, and i'm a bit surprised. All of the white slime is gone, and his tail fin looks better. It's not frayed out anymore and looks to be healing. I'm hoping that this LifeGuard will work just long enough for the formalin to get here.
Has anyone ever used LifeGuard before for Brook? What was the results? I also would love to hear other's experience treating and dealing with Brook on any of their fish. Should I do anything to my DT to prevent a future outbreak? I have already done a 40% water change over 2 days, vacuuming the sand bed the best I could. It pains me to see this fish in the HT all by himself, so I hope he gets better soon.
