Potential tank Wipeout! Help, Please!

[PJs_Bucket_List]

This is one of those situations that will either make or break a new reefer. All aspects of my situation considered, I very much need your help to be one of the ones who make it! A few weeks ago I bought a couple new fish, a Valentini puffer and a tail spot blenny. Didn't have a QT tank (I know, incredibly stupid mistake #1), so into the display tank they went. About a week & a half ago, I noticed my royal gramma flashing. Still no QT, and I assumed flukes, so I decided to treat the whole tank with Prazipro. Still, the royal gramma died, followed by the blenny a few days later . This, on top of the tomini tang mess, plus appointments, upcoming surgery, etc etc...I was too distracted and didn't pay close enough attention. Looking closely this morning, one of my clownfish looks "furry", and the puffer less vibrant in color and not looking so good. Can't really tell with my diamond goby, yellow rose goby, and fire fish, but I think my tank has a brooklynella outbreak! I don't know what to do, if I can do anything at all...please, help me! I don't have a good QT setup, just a spare 10 gallon tank. Plus I'm supposed to leave this afternoon for Newnan, with surgery scheduled early tomorrow morning and I won't be back until Friday. I'm going to lose all my fish, and I don't know if this effects my coral or not. Is there anything at all I can do, particularly with my limited time and resources? This is absolutely soul crushing.

 

[project1004]

So sorry about your tank situation. I’m not good with fish QT’s but I hope you can just focus on being well before anything else.

I think the Club members (including me I hope) can help you get back on your track none the less even after all said and done.

 

[siege]

Would that I had any useful advice, but this is definitely out of my league. If I had the right experience and any kind of system set up already I'd volunteer to watch the fish for you, and with it being a 2 hour drive each way from here to Chatsworth, I can't realistically volunteer to drive to your place and try to assist your spouse (even if I had the requisite experience).

I don't suppose you have a microscope, by any chance?

 

[spike]

throwing it out there, but if fish are still eating mix seachem metro and seachem focus with food. Also the metro can be dosed to the tank. Years ago I was loosing fish everyday. Another hobbyist told me to do the Seachem products. Clowns and a few other fish were still eating. I fed them based upon directions. All that ate survived, at least in this instance.

 

[PJs_Bucket_List]

throwing it out there, but if fish are still eating mix seachem metro and seachem focus with food. Also the metro can be dosed to the tank. Years ago I was loosing fish everyday. Another hobbyist told me to do the Seachem products. Clowns and a few other fish were still eating. I fed them based upon directions. All that ate survived, at least in this instance.

If I can get my hands on this, I'll try it. Thanks

 

[wellrn2002]

Should you need help let me know. I have a 5G qt tank but the fish would have to be brought to me. Also, to treat we need to know what we are dealing with. Most fish death will not impact the coral….. depending. However, dead fish in the tank might wipe out coral if they are not removed in a timely fashion. I’m also an ICU nurse. Please take care of yourself. While tank friends are great they need an owner. I hope you get better soon and wish you a speedy recovery.

 

[chaples55]

Hard to tell in the photos but I think you're right about it being brooklynella. Here's the humblefish link if you haven't seen it:

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis (updated 6-9-2023) What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen with clownfish, but it can afflict other fish (usually in the gills) as well. When a clownfish has Brook, the skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off. Which is actually excess white mucous coming...

humble.fish

A 5 minute freshwater dip can temporarily help if you don't have any of the other options available.

 

[PJs_Bucket_List]

I've ordered some Seachem metro, focus, and one I can't remember the name of right now, but it won't be delivered until Saturday. Set up the 10 gallon tank for a quarantine and gathered supplies to do a freshwater dip asap. I'll do the best I can, and I'm hoping it works, but I have to accept the possibility that it might not. I have a pretty big task ahead of me, to fix my mistakes. Catching all of them is going to be...gaining experience (yeah, let's go with that). I don't know how I'm going to get the little yellow rose goby out of its burrow with the pistol shrimp.