I've never quarentined but ive decided its time. Anytime something happens to water chemistry/parmameters that stress fish i get velvet(yes im sure its velvet) could also be ich mixed in as well but defintly velvet. Ive rarely lost a fish to it I just ramp up water changes and feeding for a few weeks and they pull through.
With cold Midwest faced it hurt my tanks and most fish got velvet. All but my plainhead filefish and scopas are pretty much cleared up. But im done seeing the outbreaks happen and want to give fish the best environment possible. This time I want to rid my tanks of it velvet and ich(im sure both are in there).
So im stripping my 155 of all live rock, and going to take time do do a complete refugium clean and make it a bare sump during the copper treatment. All that will stay is my sand bed.... Im just not going to remove all of it. Then im going to put all fish into my 155 and treat with copper. I plan on doing 2 rounds maybe 3 while I leave my 300gal fishless for 90 days(except shark). I am getting a hanna high level copper and seachem cupramine.
My biggest dilemma is the coral banded shark. I dont want to put her in the copper tank but the velvet/ich could be on her but she show no symptoms(she never has). If I do cp baths every 4 days with her would this eliminate the parasite. Or leaving 300 completly fishless minus shark ill always have risk of velvet or ich? I could always weigh her and put cp in her food. I do this wither vitamins already and never had any issue with her not eating them.
I just want to make sure after all of this I rid my tanks of the evil little parasites lol.
I dont ever plan on adding a new fish unless quarentined after I do all this lol.
With cold Midwest faced it hurt my tanks and most fish got velvet. All but my plainhead filefish and scopas are pretty much cleared up. But im done seeing the outbreaks happen and want to give fish the best environment possible. This time I want to rid my tanks of it velvet and ich(im sure both are in there).
So im stripping my 155 of all live rock, and going to take time do do a complete refugium clean and make it a bare sump during the copper treatment. All that will stay is my sand bed.... Im just not going to remove all of it. Then im going to put all fish into my 155 and treat with copper. I plan on doing 2 rounds maybe 3 while I leave my 300gal fishless for 90 days(except shark). I am getting a hanna high level copper and seachem cupramine.
My biggest dilemma is the coral banded shark. I dont want to put her in the copper tank but the velvet/ich could be on her but she show no symptoms(she never has). If I do cp baths every 4 days with her would this eliminate the parasite. Or leaving 300 completly fishless minus shark ill always have risk of velvet or ich? I could always weigh her and put cp in her food. I do this wither vitamins already and never had any issue with her not eating them.
I just want to make sure after all of this I rid my tanks of the evil little parasites lol.
I dont ever plan on adding a new fish unless quarentined after I do all this lol.