Your posts almost always bring a smile to my face. Not so much this one.
Are you treating the tank with anything, like H2O2 or Polyplab Medic?
I am currently not. I am going to let Velvet Run its course. As much as it is saddening, I know that most of the fish that are left have either:
A thick enough slime coat to be unaffected
Have a strong enough immunity.
After this blows over and I see nobody showing Symptoms, depending on how many fish I have left, I will pull them and QT them while running the tank fishless for 70 some days. Or until I feel like it’s been long enough. So more like 6 months fishless.
I look at this situation as an opportunity as new growth. Sit down and say, what worked and what didn’t? What will I change for next time?
And the most important, What’s next?
Well my next plan is to round up a few more small tanks. I will put together a system and buy fish in sets of 3. Particularly Butterflies. I am hoping for a reef with only nothing short of bonded pairs. Mating pairs will be a bonus and trios for some and 1 Harem of Clowns.
This plan will not only give me a beautiful show tank in the end. But it will give me more experience on how fish act around others in it’s species, other types of fish, and how to prevent “fish on the fence” fish from eating corals and/or inverts.
I also want to grasp the breeding and raising aspect of all of this.
Pods
Phyto
Brine shrimp
White worms
These are the things I want to tackle first. Down the road would be:
Black Worms
Pink Skunk Clownfish
Other fish Species.
So we shall see how this plan goes. Big changes are going to be happening in life as I will roll over the 18 mark in my life, as well as graduate from High school and the apprenticeship. Big changes in my SW advancements as well. I feel more “difficult to keep fish” are on my horizon.
-Zack, who wishes all well
