All hail marine ich/velvet

[KevinC]

To celebrate the 2nd time whole tank fish died to velvet/ich, 2nd time after half year with no fish

 

[sharpimage]

Sorry for your loss. I guess it is time to reevaluate your QT protocol. Same thing happened to me and alot of reefers.

 

[Topekoms]

Yup seems like a failure to QT....

 

[KevinC]

I made sure to QT my fish this second time... still hits me after 1 month. I have officially lost more fish than corals in my 4 years reefing now.

 

[KevinC]

Should I just start over with new tank new water and QT my corals....

 

[IKD]

Sorry for your loss. That looked like a beautiful black storm too

 

[Topekoms]

How long did you QT? If it was ich you needed to go fallow in the DT for 76 days for 99% chance to be rid of it

 

[KevinC]

Sorry for your loss. That looked like a beautiful black storm too

Hurts less than when my Bali breeding pair died the first time. I am rather intensitive towards waking up and saw my fish died this time haha

 

[IKD]

You had a Bali breeding pair of black storms? That would really hurt me to lose also. I currently have a black storm that I’m pairing with one of my spawned clowns

 

[RedRaiderReefer]

I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong, but we use Safety Stop instead of QTing and we've had a lot of luck with it. Haven't lost a fish using it and I've taken a very ich prone Fox Face out of the problem tank, dipped him with safety stop and added him to our 180 gallon tank. Its been a few months and still no sign of ich.

 

[KevinC]

I have NEVER. Lost fish in my4 years of reefing and 3 tank. This is the only tank that stressed me so hard

 

[destro]

I'm shattered b/c it's the worst feeling to lose fish. Wish there was an 'Ich be Gone' in a bottle that could be added to the DT with no ill effect on the other living things. Seems like we have every other thing a bottle but this. :mad: