So haven’t posted in a while but thought I would give update.
Things were going swimmingly until a little over a month ago. I had 6 wrasse and my white tail tang eating like pigs and getting along great. But they all died within two weeks after I noticed what I thought was ich at first but turned out to be velvet. They all died a little over a month ago. I was going to maintain at first because I thought it was ich but the white tail had too many spots for ich so I think it was velvet. I thought it was gone at points and then noticed it in the evening more. Whitetail died first after a little over a week once I noticed it and then it wiped out all my wrasse. Cleaner first, then both juvenile Rhomboids, exquisite. My flame and Brunneus lasted the longest but both died in QT. The Brunneus was with me for almost 2 years. I was lucky enough to trap them in my acclimation box instead of dismantling the tank to remove them. I FE dipped and then 75 min in Ruby Reef. They died in cupramine treatment within a week. I do t know if they succumbed to the velvet or died from not eating. They were swimming but just not eating.
Now I am about 1 month fallow. I feed the tank and corals with mysis and reef roids once a week and have had my skimmer on and off. Trying to maintain some dirty water for my SPS and LPS.
So after years of playing with fire and no QT, I have a QT system set up. A 20L for observation and prazi treatments and two 10 gallons got TTM. Right now I have three wrasse my LFS ordered for me and just competed first round of prazi.
My wrasse list is pretty extensive but these three are great start. They are eating like pigs.
C. rhombodalis
C. Lineatus
C. Isosceles
Doing water change today and then second round of prazi on Tuesday night.
But now need to make decision on whether I start QTing corals and inverts.
Hmmmmm....
