I really didn't want to post this because it is all so depressing.
To start with I have a very mature full on SPS dominate mixed reef of 450G and a 750 FOWLR that shares the sump. Both tanks have a lot of rock work. The 450 had been set up for 3 years with most of the fish and coral coming from my 10 year old 220G that I upgraded from. About 8 weeks ago an anemone decided to go for a walk and got sucked into a powerhead. Yes, the powerhead had a nem guard on it but somehow it still got sucked in and shredded. Well long story short 90% of my fish perished in the incident. It was traumatic and devastating but that's not the worst part.
After the loss I waited till things were stabilized and did several big water changes, then started restocking. Now I know I have always had ICK all the way back to my 220G but it has never been a problem. Fish get a few spots and get over it. Well not this time. I suspect due to adding such a large number of fish at the same time the ICH or VELVET exploded where before it was just a trickle. So now I'm to the point of basically loosing a fish a day or so.
So here is where i get to my question. I suspect at least a couple of fish will survive. There is no way to getting them out without removing all the rock likely 700LBS between the two tanks, which will probably lead to coral loss or at least major damage.
I planning on dramatically increasing my UV capacity. Currently I have 80W, moving to 240W. Setting up a full on QT system, not the half system I had before. Planning on doing a freshwater dip, 30 day treatment with copper or CP, deworm, and antibiotic treatment as recommended in other threads. But how do I deal with the fact that my system likely is infected forever? I was thinking of moving the new fish once they leave QT to a 60G that is attached to the system to acclimate them to the systems parasite load and observe them. At least if they die there I can get them out easily. Any other suggestions. Maybe all the fish will die and I wont have this conundrum.
Thanks in advance for any feedback
To start with I have a very mature full on SPS dominate mixed reef of 450G and a 750 FOWLR that shares the sump. Both tanks have a lot of rock work. The 450 had been set up for 3 years with most of the fish and coral coming from my 10 year old 220G that I upgraded from. About 8 weeks ago an anemone decided to go for a walk and got sucked into a powerhead. Yes, the powerhead had a nem guard on it but somehow it still got sucked in and shredded. Well long story short 90% of my fish perished in the incident. It was traumatic and devastating but that's not the worst part.
After the loss I waited till things were stabilized and did several big water changes, then started restocking. Now I know I have always had ICK all the way back to my 220G but it has never been a problem. Fish get a few spots and get over it. Well not this time. I suspect due to adding such a large number of fish at the same time the ICH or VELVET exploded where before it was just a trickle. So now I'm to the point of basically loosing a fish a day or so.
So here is where i get to my question. I suspect at least a couple of fish will survive. There is no way to getting them out without removing all the rock likely 700LBS between the two tanks, which will probably lead to coral loss or at least major damage.
I planning on dramatically increasing my UV capacity. Currently I have 80W, moving to 240W. Setting up a full on QT system, not the half system I had before. Planning on doing a freshwater dip, 30 day treatment with copper or CP, deworm, and antibiotic treatment as recommended in other threads. But how do I deal with the fact that my system likely is infected forever? I was thinking of moving the new fish once they leave QT to a 60G that is attached to the system to acclimate them to the systems parasite load and observe them. At least if they die there I can get them out easily. Any other suggestions. Maybe all the fish will die and I wont have this conundrum.
Thanks in advance for any feedback