Fish dying. Think its ich
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No joke, even QTing and using CP when possible I'd say 30% of the new fish I acquire end up dead within two weeks. The biggest thing is keeping the gnarly diseases out of your display full of healthy fish. Velvet can be tough to spot before it's too late and comes on fish from even the best sources.
If a fish has velvet, CP alone usually won't save it as it only targets the free swimming stage. A fish with velvet needs immediate relief from symptoms. Two ways to accomplish this:
- A 5 min FW dip will force 80-90% of the trophonts off the fish, and clear out the gills so the fish can breathe better.
- Immediately following the FW dip, a 90 min acriflavine bath will ward off the possibility of infection. (Acriflavine is an antiseptic.) Many fish with velvet actually succumb to a secondary bacterial infection before the parasites themselves kill the fish.
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I've had a few fish bite the dust after FW dips when they are already looking bad. Healthy looking fish don't seem to have issues with it, but ones with visible velvet, I feel like this finishes them off. I temperature match, aerate the water and put a splash of tank water in to help with the ph. I think that last time I did it (this morning) I left the air stone in the container, which I probably shouldn't have. Fish basically stopped breathing in the FW dip and died within minutes of being returned to the QT.
I've actually had the opposite experience. Fish I got from Petco that were badly infected with velvet actually look better following the FW dip + acriflavine bath. However, sometimes they won't eat once in QT with CP and slowly waste away.
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Yeah its too late. Fish are dead. Still have a hawkfish but hes in my rockwork trying to catch him is impossible.
Very sad pulling dead fish from the tank. They were all beautiful in their own way.
So now what am i to do? Go fishless for 76 days. Plan on waterchange tomorrow.
Very sad pulling dead fish from the tank. They were all beautiful in their own way.
So now what am i to do? Go fishless for 76 days. Plan on waterchange tomorrow.
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I've actually had the opposite experience. Fish I got from Petco that were badly infected with velvet actually look better following the FW dip + acriflavine bath. However, sometimes they won't eat once in QT with CP and slowly waste away.
If you were to guess, do you think leaving the airstone in is where I went wrong? I pulled it out as soon as it stopped breathing. I have successfully FW dipped fish before without killing them, but have also lost 3-4 immediately after FW dips. Bellus angels and wrasses.
I'm sorry OP, yes 76 days fishless. You might still try to catch the flame hawk. There's a chance he could survive and you won't be able to run fallow with him in there.
Airstone shouldn't have caused a problem. Personally, I like to run the airstone full blast for 30 mins just prior to the dip (to aerate the water) and then remove it. But that's just because I like the water to be calm during the dip so I can see exactly where the flukes are dropping off from. If the eyes, I'll monitor that closely and dose erythromycin at the first sign of an eye infection.
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