Lost another fish

[Humblefish]

The only treatment for velvet is copper or Chloroquine phosphate. More info here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

 

[Paul B]

I don't know why your firefish died as I can't see him from here. I personally would autopsy him, but that's just me.
When I buy a firefish I take him home and gently take him out of the bag so as not to stress him. Then to save time, I throw him on the floor because every one of them I ever had, jumped out.

Sorry the little guy croaked.

 

[4FordFamily]

Oddly enough, TTM is my preferred method for QT-ing firefish and other small fish.

The problem, I think, is we are "living in the age of velvet" - which TTM does not treat. @Brew12 and I have had some conversations about this. Velvet is running rampant right now through the wholesale facilities with no end in sight. Even worse, it is becoming less & less common for a fish with velvet to show physical evidence (white dots/dust); oftentimes you will only see key behavioral symptoms of velvet:

• Reduced or complete loss of appetite.
• Heavy breathing, rubbing, flashing, head twitching, erratic swimming behavior (unfortunately velvet shares all these same symptoms with ich & gill flukes.)
• Swimming into the flow of a powerhead (unique to velvet).
• Acting reclusive (velvet causes fish to be sensitive to light).

I cannnot agree or stress the accuracy of this enough, for the casual reader.

 

[4FordFamily]

I don't know why your firefish died as I can't see him from here. I personally would autopsy him, but that's just me.
When I buy a firefish I take him home and gently take him out of the bag so as not to stress him. Then to save time, I throw him on the floor because every one of them I ever had, jumped out.

Sorry the little guy croaked.

I laughed out loud at this because there's a lot of truth to it and I didn't see it coming.