It died yesterday
That’s most definitely velvet. Sorry for your loss. You’ll need to remove all fish in that tank and leave the tank fallow for 76 days — and treat the remaining fish with copper in quarantine.It died yesterday
Sorry for your losses as well, unfortunately a select few fish can become resistant to velvet (wrasse because of the thick mucous coats, the fact that they sleep under the sand and/or in mucous cocoons— and gobies to name a few occasional possibilities) but the issue is if you ever plan to keep other fish, or really much of anything long-term, they’re going to continue to reinfect your fish. Even new additions that are wrasse or gobies will likely die — by the time we receive fish through he distribution system their immune systems are so weak from transport, constant medication exposure at subtherapeutic levels, poor water quality, and perhaps worse of all they’re often not fed hardly anything, if at all, so that they don’t soil the shipping bag and save costs.
So you’re saying that EVERY new fish I buy will die? What survived was a six line Wrasse, yellow Watchman Goby, a pair of yellow line gobies, and a purple firefish. About two weeks ago, I added three green chromis and they are doing fine. In my QT I have a scribbled Rabbitfish and a Tailspot Blenny. What is your suggestion? Thanks...
I’m saying your fish are much much more likely to die that you add in the future. Your rabbit fish is very very likely to perish. They have a unique resistant slime coat but their gills are fragile.
That’s a pooper.... makes me sad and nothing has happened yet. Maybe I’ll just trash the whole thing. I don’t know what to do with the corals though. They would get destroyed if I dismantled the tank.
Lesson learned, and besides not doing that again CP is now on hand for all new fish as well. I don't want to deal with velvet in the DT ever again!!
Put the coral back in the tank when you remove the fish? The tank does not have to be coral-free for 76 days, just fishless. Inverts and coral are fine to remain. I've also kept my coral in Rubbermaid bins with powerheads, lights, and heaters successfully in the past when needed.
I could but they’re encrusted to the rock. They would likely get broken in the process. Besides, I don’t have a QT big enough for them all. This will require some thought. Thank you for the help... I really do appreciate it...even when the news isn’t great.
Been there and done that. Unfortunately you’re prolonging the inevitable. IMO get it out of the way and don’t ponder, the result won’t change.
I don’t take offense. I appreciate your honesty and you’re probably right. I’m getting ready to set up a biocube 32 for an anemone tank but it needs to age a bit si I may stick everything in there. But I have a question... let’s say I catch everyone and move them to some sort of QT. Everyone does well in quarantine and after 2.5 months, I throw everyone back in to the display. All the exposed fish will still be carriers and, in turn, will reinfect the tank.
This.
