White stuff on my clown...

[texhorns98]

Doesn't look like brook...maybe another bacterial infection of some sort? Kinda looks like the stuff that covered my GSP before I tossed it out. Any suggestions? Unfortunately, I just feed and she's not interested in food.

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[texhorns98]

Nothing?

 

[ralph atl]

not good?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1795544">http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1795544</a>


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[texhorns98]

Well, crap in my lunchbox! Man, I CANNOT catch a flippin' break in this hobby!! Maybe it's time to hang it up.

 

[jennm]

I was out

That's Brooklynella. Formalin or Acryflavine in a QT.

Quick.

Jenn

 

[jennm]

Well sometimes we just have to see it.

What we need is a compilation of good photos like that one - that's 100% Brook... sometimes the symptoms appear a bit differently.

One of these years I might go through and pick out some pix from various threads - say of Brook.. and post that if it looks like this, or this or this...it's Brook.

Same with other diseases.

It's on my "to do" list... which never gets any shorter.

Trey - do you have a Q tank? You'll probably want to treat all the fish - didn't you have a problem with one as a carrier a long while ago?

Occasionally fish are asymptomatic, but if you put a prone fish in with it, the prone fish develops it. IMO all fish should be treated for it if it turns up on one.

Jenn

 

[grouper therapy]

I have a qt/ht available if you need it! I don't have the meds but i am sure Jenn can set you up

 

[texhorns98]

I have a ten gallon with a HOB filter. This guy is easy to catch up. I'll hope for the best until tomorrow and then go get some meds. Keen reef is the closest to me unless Petsmart carries something. I thought brook looked more like ich. This stuff is puffy and thick in one area, not spotted like I thought brook was.

 

[ralph atl]

is this a new fish? you have any recent additions?

 

[jennm]

Symptoms of Brook can vary - and often there's confusion as to what it is - but that is classic textbook Brook. Sloughing skin, puffy almost blister-like.

Formalin is getting hard to find (FDA rule change?) Ruby Reef Rally is your next best bet. I doubt you'll find that at Petsmart.

Jenn

 

[texhorns98]

And she's dead. Man thy stuff works quick! I'm going to get the meds anyways. Good to have around I suppose. Not a new fish, no, but I had that whole temperature issue a while back and then moved everything back into the display Saturday. I guess it was enough stress to cause something. I haven't added anything in 3 weeks, but I had a significant amount of coral die with the temp problem. Any ideas on what I could have done different? Better, obviously...

 

[jennm]

Bummer - and yes, it can work quickly. It might have been "brewing" a while before it became visible.

I'd treat all the fish so there are no carriers.

Jenn

 

[texhorns98]

JennM;529290 wrote: Bummer - and yes, it can work quickly. It might have been "brewing" a while before it became visible.

I'd treat all the fish so there are no carriers.

Jenn

Treating all fish would mean tearing the tank down again. The blenny and goby are too fast and I have too many rocks with holes. I could catch the other clown fairly easy. The gramma is pretty shifty too. Unfortunately, that's all the fish I have in there after all these problems of late.

How many times have I said that last sentence?:shout:

 

[jennm]

Well grammas are also notorious for Brook, particularly at this time of year. They typically come from Haiti where it's hotter than it is here, and the stress of capture, handling, packing, shipping and etc., makes them very vulnerable.

And of course clowns are very prone.

I'd be concerned that the blenny and/or goby end up as carriers - I've seen that before - had it happen to me and I thought it was all gone, a goby never showed symptoms and wasn't treated... later when I put more (prone) fish in the same system, the stuff reared its ugly head and the goby never showed it.

Treated everybody, including the goby - problem didn't return.

Might be a coincidence, but I'm inclined to err on the side of caution.

If you don't treat the fish, don't be surprised if it comes up again down the road.

QT/treatment and QT (for observation and treatment if indicated) of new acquisitions is always recommended.

Jenn

 

[dvara78]

I feel your pain...I just lost a yellow head goby, blue spot jaw fish and one of my picasso clowns to ick. The other clown isn't looking so good either...I've been doing water changes and feeding a little more in hopes of keeping it under control.

 

[texhorns98]

bratliff;529457 wrote: I know it'll be a pain, but, I think you should tear it down and treat everyone. Otherwise, you're opening yourself up for another crash down the line. I don't know about these meds, but, can they be used in the display or will they kill live rock/sand?

Of course, another tear down would set me up for a divorce!

I have taken down and rebuilt the entire tank probably 6 times in the past 9 months!!

 

[Jaycen B.]

Formalin, I have a new bottle If someone needs some!!!