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Have been exactly there. Velvet caused me to drop out for nearly a decade. I lost many fish I consider irreplaceable (at least no longer obtainable by me due to insane prices and you know, a sense of responsibility for dependents now, ha). Hell, I lost a true long nose black tang, a trio of flame wrasses, 3 Hawaiian yellow dwarf eels, a bellus angel, my ten year old purple tang and much more. Devastated and disgusted barely describe the feeling.
I should say, the dwarf eels and the flame wrasses were sent direct to me from a collector I met on a board back in in the mid 2000s. Great guy.
I paid like $50 each plus shipping. He died of the bends in 09.
Feels good to be back, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I still think about how crappy it was to lose my collection. Good luck!
Ah man that’s awful - I’ve seen velvet destroy a fish in QT and I don’t want to ever see it again (the most horribly parasite).
A trio of flames direct from a collector sounds amazing - I’ve been after a pair for ages now.