Welp my first true challenge happened in this hobby and I failed miserably... I did not QT strict enough. I had 5 fish, 2 clowns, firefish, purple dottyback and a royal gramma. I would observe for about a week before moving them to the display. The Royal Gramma was last about 2 weeks ago. The only survivor is a black ice clown (and about 10 snails). Im disappointed but im going to learn from my mistake and have a very strict QT from here on. Can velvet come in on coral? Ive also got some coral that I dont want to lose. Ive not found a difinitive answer anywhere. As a precaution I will also be beginning a QT for all coral arriving. To erradicate all velvet from my display, do I need to remove coral as well? Honestly all the coral look great still and im just not sure how velvet may affect them. Thanks in advance!
Marine Velvet
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Hydrored
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You do not have to remove the coral, you may have to dose nitrates and phosphates so they do not bottom out. All fish have to removed. I’ve been there, it sucks. I had velvet come and hammer my quarantine tank also.
Big G
captain dunsel
QT info on corals and inverts:
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Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames
Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames Preface: The purpose of this article is to outline time periods required to properly quarantine (QT) marine corals & invertebrates. While unable to host ectoparasites the way fish do, corals/inverts are still able to “carry” fish diseases in one of two ways...
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Well lucky for me high nitrates have not been a problem... PO4 has been around .03 for a while now. Im using Redsea for both but im gonna give Salifert a try because all I ever see is 50+ using Redsea. Even after huge water changes (75+%).
