So in the last couple of weeks I've posted several threads about my fish in QT dying off. Well I lost the last 1 today.
Short story, bought 6 fish from fishybusinessaquatics 6 weeks ago (pyramid butterfly, 2 spot tang, 4 wrasses). 1 wrasse came in with what appeared to be a swim bladder issue & died after 3 weeks (FBA gave me a store credit for that guy, thanks). Well after a couple more weeks the butterfly & tang up and died. Only the butterfly showed any signs of an issue (dusty/patchy looking spots on him & fin deterioration). And now a week later, 1 by 1, the other 3 wrasses died. To the eye, I can see no issues with them. They all just stopped eating, stopped swimming around, started breathing heavily, and just died. From what I can gather only velvet kills this quickly & looks like this.
Anyway, my question now is... how long do I need to leave my tank fish free for whatever is in there to die off & go away?
My QT was also going to be the display for these fish (well the wrasses anyway) so it has live rock, macro in the fuge w/pods, live sand, a frogspawn, a mushroom, some snails, some crabs & a candy cane coral.
Should I scrap the entire setup & throw everything out? Or can I run what I have for several months & hope whatever killed my fish is gone?
Thx
Short story, bought 6 fish from fishybusinessaquatics 6 weeks ago (pyramid butterfly, 2 spot tang, 4 wrasses). 1 wrasse came in with what appeared to be a swim bladder issue & died after 3 weeks (FBA gave me a store credit for that guy, thanks). Well after a couple more weeks the butterfly & tang up and died. Only the butterfly showed any signs of an issue (dusty/patchy looking spots on him & fin deterioration). And now a week later, 1 by 1, the other 3 wrasses died. To the eye, I can see no issues with them. They all just stopped eating, stopped swimming around, started breathing heavily, and just died. From what I can gather only velvet kills this quickly & looks like this.
Anyway, my question now is... how long do I need to leave my tank fish free for whatever is in there to die off & go away?
My QT was also going to be the display for these fish (well the wrasses anyway) so it has live rock, macro in the fuge w/pods, live sand, a frogspawn, a mushroom, some snails, some crabs & a candy cane coral.
Should I scrap the entire setup & throw everything out? Or can I run what I have for several months & hope whatever killed my fish is gone?
Thx