[dinor2]

I have received two mature false perculas this past Saturday night. It was a very stressful transfer as the owners met us half way, which was an hour for each of us! I did not acclimate these two clowns very long since they looked extremely stressed by the time we got home and they seem to be doing ok but not too well, if that makes any sense...

First of all, they shared a large bag with their host anemone on their trip so I can't say whether or not these are injury spots from the anemone but I'm more inclined to think this is brooklynella but before I begin treatment (which I will probably do anyways since it's such an aggresive disease) I wanted to see what you all think, particularly Becky. Are you still here Becky?

The only med I have is coppersafe, which is not going to kill Brooklynella, so, my plan, after researching the disease and treatments is to do 1 freshwater dip each day, with an airline putting air into the container for the dip, as long as the fish can take that, otherwise I'll put him back in the saltwater qt. I know to have the ph in the dip water the same as the qt as well.

Here are some pics though, the splotch on his left posterior side is the larger one and looks like a would more than a parasite. But there are a few smaller ones around his right gill area I tried to show in pic #2, he's the fish on the right in that pic.

Thanks guys for your help, MAN am I SOOOOOO GLAD I have a QT!
OH! They are not eating yet either! They seemed interested earlier today but, spit it back out. Also adding one drop of Kents extreme garlic a day and adding two drops to the frozen food and offering the pellet w/garlic.



The bigger clown seems fine, so far, but if it's Brook, it's contagious... how would I get it out of the water after the freshwater dips? Good proven meds for this disease?


Thanks guys!

[capitalb]

Hey Dana,

I sent you a private message before I saw this post. Try to feed them without the garlic suppliments. Lower salinity will kill the parasites free swimming in the water. 1.016 to as low as 1.012. Check your messages as well. Good luck.

[jimw369]

You might want to try and look in the RB library. Since fish illness was Beckys thing Im sure shes got something in there that addresses this. Good luck!

[dinor2]

One thing I have a hard time with is finding the library! Could you point me to where it is? (Which, it's probably staring me in my face!).

[jimw369]

Here you go:

http://www.reefbuilders.com/forums/n...b-library.html

If you havent taken the Reef Builders survey at the top of the site the Library being hard to find would be something to mention.