Recent fish loss

[Bee0877]

I recently lost several fish very quickly in my tank. I thought it was marine velvet but I did not see any fish swimming into powerhead or anything. I lost two clowns, a powder brown, and a filefish within a week. They went from out and about to not eating and hiding super fast. It’s been about three weeks and I have a yellow tang, scooter blenny, and several blue green chromis that seem to never have been affected. I learned my lesson and have bought a 20 gallon long I will be setting up for quarantine. I assume I will need to treat all the remaining livestock when I get it setup? Not sure what my blenny would eat in quarantine. I have attached a picture of the sick powder brown that passed

 

[Crabs McJones]

I recently lost several fish very quickly in my tank. I thought it was marine velvet but I did not see any fish swimming into powerhead or anything. I lost two clowns, a powder brown, and a filefish within a week. They went from out and about to not eating and hiding super fast. It’s been about three weeks and I have a yellow tang, scooter blenny, and several blue green chromis that seem to never have been affected. I learned my lesson and have bought a 20 gallon long I will be setting up for quarantine. I assume I will need to treat all the remaining livestock when I get it setup? Not sure what my blenny would eat in quarantine. I have attached a picture of the sick powder brown that passed

That definitely appears to be velvet. Yes you'll need to quarantine and treat all remaining fish and let your tank sit fallow for 76 to 78 days. Sorry for your losses

 

[Big G]

Do you have any live rock in the DT with forage on it for the blenny that you could move into the QT? You won't be able to move it back after the fallow period. And during the treatment in the QT, the rock can absorb some of the meds and or copper, so it will require a very high level of diligence to make sure you are at therapeutic level, especially with copper as it tends to be absorbed at varying levels and times. Highly recommend getting a Hanna HL Copper Checker to monitor the copper level. But feeding a scooter blenny, in QT is a challenge. Some have tried a stone wrapped with nori and secured with a rubberband. Frozen seaweed cubes and a "coral mix" frozen cubes mixed into a smoothie can certainly help.

 

[Humblefish]

Are those white dots on the fish or just on the glass??

 

[hdsoftail1065]

+1 on the velvet! My experience is velvet moves very fast, and not all of my fish showed symptoms, some died before external symptoms appeared. Sorry to say, but if it's in your DT tank your other fish are affected.

 

[Bee0877]

The blenny will definitely be a challenge i do have some extra live rock. What about chaeto or just adding copepods daily will copper instantly kill them?

Do you have any live rock in the DT with forage on it for the blenny that you could move into the QT? You won't be able to move it back after the fallow period. And during the treatment in the QT, the rock can absorb some of the meds and or copper, so it will require a very high level of diligence to make sure you are at therapeutic level, especially with copper as it tends to be absorbed at varying levels and times. Highly recommend getting a Hanna HL Copper Checker to monitor the copper level. But feeding a scooter blenny, in QT is a challenge. Some have tried a stone wrapped with nori and secured with a rubberband. Frozen seaweed cubes and a "coral mix" frozen cubes mixed into a smoothie can certainly help.

 

[Bee0877]

Are those white dots on the fish or just on the glass??

The fish had white dots and died the next day. Was swimming and eating the less than two days later was dead

 

[Big G]

The blenny will definitely be a challenge i do have some extra live rock. What about chaeto or just adding copepods daily will copper instantly kill them?

The copper will kill the pods. Recommend for chaeto to be QT'd for 15-16 days for any Ich/Velvet parasites to die off.

 

[4FordFamily]

That looks like ich and velvet. I agree. Sorry for your loss

The quick timeline tells me definitely velvet.

 

[Humblefish]

That looks like ich and velvet. I agree. Sorry for your loss

The quick timeline tells me definitely velvet.

+1 More info on velvet: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

 

[Ray Laneville]

I recently lost several fish very quickly in my tank. I thought it was marine velvet but I did not see any fish swimming into powerhead or anything. I lost two clowns, a powder brown, and a filefish within a week. They went from out and about to not eating and hiding super fast. It’s been about three weeks and I have a yellow tang, scooter blenny, and several blue green chromis that seem to never have been affected. I learned my lesson and have bought a 20 gallon long I will be setting up for quarantine. I assume I will need to treat all the remaining livestock when I get it setup? Not sure what my blenny would eat in quarantine. I have attached a picture of the sick powder brown that passed

I have 2 scooter blennies and they love frozen mysis shrimp. When they see me coming for feeding time, they go to top of the rocks so they can swan dive off and catch the shrimp.

 

[Bee0877]

I have 2 scooter blennies and they love frozen mysis shrimp. When they see me coming for feeding time, they go to top of the rocks so they can swan dive off and catch the shrimp.

I feed my tank tank pe mysis but have never seen my scooter blenny do anything but graze on my rock