Velvet outbreak

[simplety]

At first thought it was Ich, then the die off began. One after one, two tangs, three butterflies, coral beauty and my gorgeous emperor angel all
Within 12 hours. Untouched were two gobies, Melanarus, cleaner and flame hawk fish. I need some solid advice on what to do next. Tank unfortunately has coral and inverts…coral is basic stuff, gsp for color and a couple leathers and some zoas.
1) Do I leave the tank with the current stock in it and assume we’re good in a couple months or
2) treat the tank with formalin?
3) take everything out and run a copper schedule
4) treat the tank as is with reef medic?

Just need to know the direction to head correctly since losing nearly 900$ in fish was a real sad experience. Will the gobies and wrasses be carriers of the parasite or are they ok?

Looking for the best advice possible. I do have a qt tank that has a juvenile emperor and long horn cowfish that are very healthy and looking great, just don’t want to risk them in any way

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I'm sorry for you losses. Velvet decimated my main display last year. Can you post pictures of the fish for confirm? Are at showing a white dusting? Rapid breathing?

Is your established quarantine tank large enough to house all your remaining fish?

If so, I would be pulling all fish ( this can be done quickly by mostly draining the tank until only a few inches of water into tubs, then pump back in)

Immediately start copper at full strength. You don't have time so wait if the die off is happening. Have plenty of aeration!

Turn the heater on your main tank up to 80, let it sit fallow for the appropriate time.

I don't know about the emperor, but I do not think the cowfish should go through copper. Also unsure about hawkfish. May need to ttm but regardless, I'd get the catching of fish, going

 

[trainbob]

Sorry for your loss it must be devastating. My guess is that the fish disease experts will tell you to take all of your fish out and treat them in a hospital tank and then let your display tank go fallow

 

[simplety]

I'm sorry for you losses. Velvet decimated my main display last year. Can you post pictures of the fish for confirm? Are at showing a white dusting? Rapid breathing?

Is your established quarantine tank large enough to house all your remaining fish?

If so, I would be pulling all fish ( this can be done quickly by mostly draining the tank until only a few inches of water into tubs, then pump back in)

Immediately start copper at full strength. You don't have time so wait if the die off is happening. Have plenty of aeration!

Turn the heater on your main tank up to 80, let it sit fallow for the appropriate time.

I don't know about the emperor, but I do not think the cowfish should go through copper. Also unsure about hawkfish. May need to ttm but regardless, I'd get the catching of fish, going

Unfortunately the tank has corals and copper would devesate them along with the inverts. All fish died other than two wrasses two gobies and a hawk fish. Just need some clarification as to what would be best practice to move past this without tearing tank apart and lose thousands in corals

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Unfortunately the tank has corals and copper would devesate them along with the inverts. All fish died other than two wrasses two gobies and a hawk fish. Just need some clarification as to what would be best practice to move past this without tearing tank apart and lose thousands in corals

I guess I should have stipulated, pull the fish out into quarantine and treat them with copper, in the QT. Not the DT. If velvet, it needs to be followed.

If you want to keep fish, the parasite needs eradicated. That means it needs no living host in the display, for a certain period of time.. Your live fish need to come out and should be treated appropriately for fish type.

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

only way to eradicate is pull all the fish and treat them and allow tank to go fallow
your corals should not really be affected besides whatever damage happens tryign to net your fish out.