Starting over Effective 09/03/2013

[bucksfan1976]

Ok well as alot of people read my post about rapid fish deaths. Its been determined that it was a severe case of Marine Velvet, this was not physically seen until the death of my blue hippo. So here I sit looking at my tank. I have a concern. There is a goby still alive at this point and I cant catch him. I know the tank has to remain fishless so that the parasite will die off for a period of 6-8 weeks. Im going for the latter. I have though read that doing the following can assist in the process

1. Getting your tempature up closer to 80-81- I have a full tank of inverts, corals and 2 anemones so will I have issues with this
2. Doing 25% water changes every other day- They say this helps removes the parasites that are in the water column, is this true?
3. What do I do with the goby I cant catch?
4. They say that the bacteria of which Marive Velvet can live off of photosynthesis? - How far back should I cut my lighting down to , I do have SPS and LPS.

Any help on this would be appreciated. I have already lost ALOT and I do not want to put my corals or other inverts in jepordy.

Don

 

[jcdeng]

1. tempt at 81 will be fine for inverts
2. yes, but no need since they will all starve to death after 8-10 weeks of fallow period
3. you will have to catch him somehow to start the fallow period, it can still be a carrier even if he does not die from velvet
4. I have never heard of Velvet being able to live off photosynthesis.

 

[bucksfan1976]

Ok well thank you so much for all the help. Ill catch that bugger tonight,

 

[bucksfan1976]

Got everything out to my surprise I had a melanarous wrasse, exquisite fairy wrasse , misc wrasse and a goby alive, I prepared a bucket of new salt water matched salinity put heater in and oxygen source and then I fresh water dipped each fish for 5 min then transfered to the bucket. I have a buddy bring me a 20 gallon rimless as a qt tank for the next 6-8 weeks.

Kinda bummed before

After

I have put the liverock back in an replaced corals

 

[bucksfan1976]

Well only 2 of the 4 survived

So here is my line bigger mela wrasse a goby survived

 

[jcdeng]

i hope u r putting some kind of a cover on that, and if you can, start treatment right away.

 

[bucksfan1976]

Yea grating in top, copper introduced

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Good luck!!

 

[bucksfan1976]

Good luck!!

Thanks Krista, I look at it this way. At least if Im gonna get a new hippo and other sensitive smaller fish I can qt them all together so that when the time frame is up I already will have several done in qt and can put in display tank.