Ich or worse?

[daniella3d]

Ick can kill that fast if the gills are totaly infested...and juging from the fact that your fish had those dots all over its body, the gills must have been very much infected.

I don't know why people think that ick cannot kill fish fast, or can be cure with just garlic and etc oil snake. It does not go away on its own and if it get very strong and multiply to this level, it will kill your fish by suffocating them. Try to lower the temperature and maybe add a little bit of oxygen to help. YOu need to act fast, not sure there is still time.

Originally Posted by Magma

So yesterday I noticed my clowns had some small white spots on them, no bigger than pin heads and all over there body. I figured it was marine ich so I made up a large bucket of SW so I could start treatment in my QT right away.

Today I come home and one clown is dead, worms have eaten almost half of him and the other one is acting like its having a hard time breathing and also looks like his scales are falling off in large patches..

I noticed the Royal Gramma in the tank is acting very odd staying in the middle of the tank hugging a rock and he to his having a hard time breathing. I do my water changes once a week about 10-15%, I check all levels and they are within normal, temp is fine. But I did have a big outbreak of hair algae over the past few weeks (tank is right in front of a large window and gets the sun for 6 hours a day).

Does this sound like Ich or something else?

[Magma]

read above post i found it to be brooklynella not ich and i had treatment as soon as possible for them but it was to late.

[Myka]

I have treated Brookynella quite a few times. The only treatment I have found to be reliable is formalin baths.

[Magma]

Originally Posted by Myka

I have treated Brookynella quite a few times. The only treatment I have found to be reliable is formalin baths.

that was what I picked up, having seen it before in your tanks do you know if it sticks on the rocks like ich does or once the hosts are dead its dead?

[George]

Brooklynella can live without a host for up to 4 weeks. Suggest to leave a brook infested tank fallow for 4 weeks and more.

[Magma]

what about inverts? I have some cleaner shrimp and a few crabs in there right now thats all...oh and coral

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Magma

that was what I picked up, having seen it before in your tanks do you know if it sticks on the rocks like ich does or once the hosts are dead its dead?

It has to be treated like Ich, 4-6 weeks fallow.

However, I have had success catching fish, giving them the formalin bath and returning them back to the same tank. I wouldn't recommend it, but sometimes a person doesn't have much choice. Having to re-treat with formalin would be hard on the fish as formalin is bad stuff. Brook is nasty simply because of the nasty treatment you have to use to get rid of it.

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Ick can kill that fast if the gills are totaly infested...and juging from the fact that your fish had those dots all over its body, the gills must have been very much infected.

I don't know why people think that ick cannot kill fish fast, or can be cure with just garlic and etc oil snake. It does not go away on its own and if it get very strong and multiply to this level, it will kill your fish by suffocating them. Try to lower the temperature and maybe add a little bit of oxygen to help. YOu need to act fast, not sure there is still time.

What's oil snake?

[daniella3d]

wow that kill fast, sorry about your fish. So many diseases and at least 2 that can kill in a day or 2, brook and velvet, 2 good reasons to quarantine.

snake oil...can't beleive you did not get that.

Originally Posted by MMAX

What's oil snake?