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Got the snails a few weeks ago from a very reputable LFS in the area, just lost everything over the last few days.
I actually did bot notice much, corals were fine. A few fish looked slightly pale but I just thought it was my lights. After closer look it was the Marine Velvet, but by then it was too late to do anything.
Because snails are the only thing I have added in over a year and Marine Velvet has just wiped out my tank.
I know that this is an old thread but i see you're still active recently so i was hoping to hear if you found out what the problem was? I had the same issue recently and your thread is the only one i can find with a similar issue.
My fish were fine for several weeks then I introduced snails and all my fish died. Did you restock your tank with new fish? Did you wait a few weeks before restocking?
If you did introduce something that wiped out your tank, you need to figure out what it was. If it was ick or velvet then there are fallow tank protocols your would need to follow. These things would have infiltrated your tank and remain active for a length of time, so any fish you would introduce during this time, would be susceptible.
Sadly practices of distributors and lfs will transport these diseases from everything; corals, inverts, macro, etc. Proper practice would be to never house fish that have not been properly qt'd in the same system as inverts, corals, macros, etc, This used to be protocol, not anymore, and it stinks.
I know that this is an old thread as somebody above mentioned, but the same thing happened to me. I have a 40 gallon tank and four fish I introduced new snails from my LFS and they are all dead. It’s the only thing I have added to my tank in over a year so they had to have come in with velvet.
My question would be, how long do I have to wait before I can put fish in or should I take all the snails out?
How long between adding snails and fish starting to die? Were there any at the beginning that just died without any outward signs of velvet? I think I’m having a similar experience…..Thank you, I started fallow.
I added four snails to my tank and about five days later I lost my starry blenny. He ate the night before and was dead in the morning with no outward sign of anything. Then one by one all my fish died within 72 hours. I did not see any outward signs of velvet. More importantly, I had not added anything to my tank not even a coral for over a year. My fish were happy, healthy and thriving…How long between adding snails and fish starting to die? Were there any at the beginning that just died without any outward signs of velvet? I think I’m having a similar experience…..