On Easter (April 23) I put my eel, kole tang, and Harelquin Tusk in QT for velvet (they didn't have it too bad, but the others in the tank did which went into a separate QT. I treated them for 21 days (I pulled the plug early due to my eel not eating. Everyone seemed fine and was eating. Saturday morning, I went down to feed them and I found my kole tang was dead and my tusk was hiding in a pipe. I got him out of the pipe and I could see that he was breathing heavy and his color was poor. I could also see evidence of the velvet sheen.
I immediately removed the carbon from the filter and dosed 2.2g of CP (55 gallon tank). I also noticed that his fins were frayed so I added some Kanaplex to fight off any bacterial infection he might have. I did a freshwater dip (which did not go well, he lasted 2 minutes and tried to jump out of the bucket 3 times. Then he banged into the side hard. After I put him back in the tank he jumped into the lid once).
After this he was REALLY stressed out. He did cough up something (I assume mucous) after this. At this point I was assuming it was a matter of time (short time). To my surprise, he made it through the night (moved around the tank a few times), and he is still alive this morning (maybe a slight improvement on his breathing, but possibly wishful thinking). I dosed more kanaplex yesterday.
Now, I have a feeling he might pull through and it's an emotional attachment at this point. It's been 4 days (isn't that when the velvet should fall off) and he's a trooper. I don't think another freshwater dip is beneficial. With the amount of stress from last time and his condition I feel that would put him over the edge. He is hanging upright next to a pipe and is alert as his eyes follow me around, but he moves a couple times during the day.
Is there anything else I can do? I am adding Stress Guard to the water as well and some Vita-Chem. vitamins. The eel was out and about swimming yesterday.
I immediately removed the carbon from the filter and dosed 2.2g of CP (55 gallon tank). I also noticed that his fins were frayed so I added some Kanaplex to fight off any bacterial infection he might have. I did a freshwater dip (which did not go well, he lasted 2 minutes and tried to jump out of the bucket 3 times. Then he banged into the side hard. After I put him back in the tank he jumped into the lid once).
After this he was REALLY stressed out. He did cough up something (I assume mucous) after this. At this point I was assuming it was a matter of time (short time). To my surprise, he made it through the night (moved around the tank a few times), and he is still alive this morning (maybe a slight improvement on his breathing, but possibly wishful thinking). I dosed more kanaplex yesterday.
Now, I have a feeling he might pull through and it's an emotional attachment at this point. It's been 4 days (isn't that when the velvet should fall off) and he's a trooper. I don't think another freshwater dip is beneficial. With the amount of stress from last time and his condition I feel that would put him over the edge. He is hanging upright next to a pipe and is alert as his eyes follow me around, but he moves a couple times during the day.
Is there anything else I can do? I am adding Stress Guard to the water as well and some Vita-Chem. vitamins. The eel was out and about swimming yesterday.