H202 Dosing for Velvet/Ich Log

[Mark K Leishman]

Long story short, added some fish 7 weeks ago, had an explosion of what i can only assume is velvet.

Hands up, i didnt quarantine my fish, never have, definitely will from now,
Not entirely sure what it was, ICH/Velvet presumably but maybe you can all help...

Havent added any fish since the 1st February, so thought i was in the clear, evidently not.


Whatever took over the tank was really aggressive,
In order of Death

Yellow Eyed Kole Tang - Died before i even saw the spots, could have had it for days / a week - started dosing after losing him.
Allens Damsel - the day after
Midas Blenny - the day after the allens damsel, no signs of feeding.

For Information - the Tank is a Red Sea Reefer 425xl
Alkalinity - 7.8
Salinity 1.026


Since then, ive had no deaths, that is either luck or H202 is working as id hoped,
Im currently dosing 36ml of 12% Hydrogen Peroxide a day

12ml at 2am -
12ml at 8am -
12ml at 4pm -


Other than feeding, ive turned the lights off completely and its just getting natural day light

Luckily the coral i had was cheap, im dosing aggressively as my fish cost far outweighed the coral

Current Fish i have left,

2 Picasso Clownfish
2 Blue Throat Triggerfish
1 exquisite wrasse
1 leopard wrasse
1 allens damsel
Open to opinions on treatment/how long to dose for, but the plan is to dose for 90 days, after that there should be no ich/velvet at all,
I do have a spare tank if things take a turn for the worst, but not cycled/running currently..

Regards, Mark.

 

[Mark K Leishman]

6th March - First Spotted the disease, unfortunately by the time id noticed it, it was too late for my Kole Tang.

 

[Mark K Leishman]

7th March - Dosing Started, unfortunately my blenny was too far gone,

It seemed to have cleared a few spots, but unfortunately still passed at night.

 

[Mark K Leishman]

10th March, 72 hours into dosing, lost an allens damsel in this time, but i assume again, it was too far gone and whatever it is, ich/velvet it had got into its gills,

Will continue to update, but as you can see, theyve cleared up tremendously,
Heres Hoping,

All packing food down them so..