Ich or worse?

[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?

[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

[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?

[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.