Total Annihilation

[Mr.Rocc]

So today was a horrible day!
Backstory: I've been dealing with a GHA issue for about 4 months so I was using fluconazole. It was doing wonders. I then bought a coral beauty from live aquaria since I thought hey why not, plus I got a free 100$ for winning a contest. I put her in. A week past and she was showing signs of ich. The next day she died. That was last Tuesday. My two percs and lawnmower blenny were in my tank for about 8 months doing great. I come home from work today and all three were dead. I have no idea what could have caused this. Last night they were doing there thing.
The weirdest part was I have been having issues with my zoas not opening.... All of them and all of my corals are thriving.... Anyone have any suggestions as to what wiped all my fish out?
40 nuvo has been up for about a year and 2 months.
Parameters(as of Sunday, I'll test again tonight)
Alk- 9
Ca - 425
No3- 1.5 red Sea
PO4 - .08
Ph- 7.8

 

[4FordFamily]

This sounds like velvet -- any remaining fish will need to be removed to a quarantine tank and treated with copper or CP for 30 days (30 days at fully therapeutic levels). No live rock or live sand in this tank. Watch ammonia and do water changes any time your ammonia badge by seachem shows anything other than yellow.

Leave the display tank fallow for 76 days to starve the parasite out. Quarantine and treat all new fish to prevent this from ever happening again. In today's environment, this is a common and imminent situation. Velvet is everywhere

Many angels come in with velvet these days, unfortunately. The timeline and how seriously affected everyone points to velvet nearly 100%.

Sorry for the bad day . Fish aren't having a good day, either

Keep your head up!

 

[Mr. Bill]

This sounds like velvet -- any remaining fish will need to be removed to a quarantine tank and treated with copper or CP for 30 days (30 days at fully therapeutic levels). No live rock or live sand in this tank. Watch ammonia and do water changes any time your ammonia badge by seachem shows anything other than yellow.

Leave the display tank fallow for 76 days to starve the parasite out. Quarantine and treat all new fish to prevent this from ever happening again. In today's environment, this is a common and imminent situation. Velvet is everywhere

Many angels come in with velvet these days, unfortunately. The timeline and how seriously affected everyone points to velvet nearly 100%.

Sorry for the bad day . Fish aren't having a good day, either

Keep your head up!

Excellent advice.

As for the GHA, it's far better and safer to fix your problem with high NO3 & PO4 than to use herbicides in a reef tank.

 

[jeff williams]

This sounds like velvet -- any remaining fish will need to be removed to a quarantine tank and treated with copper or CP for 30 days (30 days at fully therapeutic levels). No live rock or live sand in this tank. Watch ammonia and do water changes any time your ammonia badge by seachem shows anything other than yellow.

Leave the display tank fallow for 76 days to starve the parasite out. Quarantine and treat all new fish to prevent this from ever happening again. In today's environment, this is a common and imminent situation. Velvet is everywhere

Many angels come in with velvet these days, unfortunately. The timeline and how seriously affected everyone points to velvet nearly 100%.

Sorry for the bad day . Fish aren't having a good day, either

Keep your head up!

+1 with above I also had a coral beauty die after she was in qt for along time. I started looking around at everyone's coral beauty's in the Lfs and every single one I seen had ick or signs of it I'm not sure if this coincidence but just a warning to everyone these wild caught coral beauty's are almost a Guaranteed case of ick or velvet make sure to quarantine these guys

 

[ngoodermuth]

This sounds like velvet -- any remaining fish will need to be removed to a quarantine tank and treated with copper or CP for 30 days (30 days at fully therapeutic levels). No live rock or live sand in this tank. Watch ammonia and do water changes any time your ammonia badge by seachem shows anything other than yellow.

Leave the display tank fallow for 76 days to starve the parasite out. Quarantine and treat all new fish to prevent this from ever happening again. In today's environment, this is a common and imminent situation. Velvet is everywhere

Many angels come in with velvet these days, unfortunately. The timeline and how seriously affected everyone points to velvet nearly 100%.

Sorry for the bad day . Fish aren't having a good day, either

Keep your head up!

+1 Here is a good read on velvet, with emergency treatment advice in post #2.

Velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum)

https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/Velvet-(Amyloodinium-ocellatum).217570/

I'm sorry you're going through this, I've been there :/

 

[Mr.Rocc]

So I have no fish in it right now. Should I still treat with copper?

 

[4FordFamily]

So I have no fish in it right now. Should I still treat with copper?

Don't treat the display with anything, leave it fishless for 76 days.

If no fish, wait until you buy new fish and treat them with copper or CP.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Ok sweet I need to set up a qt tank then

 

[4FordFamily]

Ok sweet I need to set up a qt tank then

Yes

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Well im going to RAP at the end of the month and lord knows no human being can leave there without buying something so im ganna set that qt up next weekend. But thank you all!

 

[4FordFamily]

Ok sweet I need to set up a qt tank then

Yep!

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Do I have to worry about my inverts?

 

[ngoodermuth]

Do I have to worry about my inverts?

Nope, they can stay in the fallow tank. Just no fish for 76 days.

Moving forward though, it's suggested that everything wet- including inverts and corals- are kept in a separate coral QT for 76 days prior to hitting your DT as well. It is possible for encrusted cysts to hitchhike into your DT on any hard, wet surface.