So my 55g got infected with Velvet when I stupidly bought a Tang from another aquarist. First week the new Tang was introduced it showed symptoms, the next 2 days my entire tank (except one) was wiped out before copper treatment arrived from Amazon. That was 2 months ago. I contemplated and decided not to treat the surviving fish (Flamehawk named Bandit) because I was afraid it might make it worse. Now Bandit’s symptoms are gone and he seems to have fully recovered. Should I still treat him with copper? Is he now a carrier and should be on his own for the rest of his life?
I’m planning to start over on a new 120g and I would like to seed the new setup with corals/rocks and little critters that boomed (absence of fish) from my old 55g but I’m hesitant that the water might still contain velvet because of Bandit. I’m super paranoid now and am willing to wait another 2 months and have a coral only 120g while seeding it with critters… but would rather not. Another thing is I don’t want to have a 55g-1-fish tank unless there’s no choice.
Please help.
I’m planning to start over on a new 120g and I would like to seed the new setup with corals/rocks and little critters that boomed (absence of fish) from my old 55g but I’m hesitant that the water might still contain velvet because of Bandit. I’m super paranoid now and am willing to wait another 2 months and have a coral only 120g while seeding it with critters… but would rather not. Another thing is I don’t want to have a 55g-1-fish tank unless there’s no choice.
Please help.