So, I’m new to the hobby and started with a 45 gallon tank. I’ve had to running for about 5 months and my fish got velvet, at the beginning I didn’t understand what I was looking at, and was a little too late to treatment. Although it was only two fish that had it before I started treatment, they all died over the course of a week.
Now, I’m sitting here with a empty tank, wondering what is the next steps to ensure this is isn’t going to happen again. How long to keep temperatures high? Should I still use medicine to kill the velvet? How many water changes? ( I had some small corals that I’m not too worried about as the medication didn’t do them any favours )
I have no plants. Just rocks.
and I do not have a QT tank. I know that is what many people suggest, I just don’t have the room to be running two tanks.
should I introduce maybe some crabs and more corals before fish and let lots of time go bye?
Now, I’m sitting here with a empty tank, wondering what is the next steps to ensure this is isn’t going to happen again. How long to keep temperatures high? Should I still use medicine to kill the velvet? How many water changes? ( I had some small corals that I’m not too worried about as the medication didn’t do them any favours )
I have no plants. Just rocks.
and I do not have a QT tank. I know that is what many people suggest, I just don’t have the room to be running two tanks.
should I introduce maybe some crabs and more corals before fish and let lots of time go bye?