Hello

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Hey everyone, some quick background. I've had all of my fish since December without issue. Tonight I noticed what looks like microbubbles, but want to be sure. These guys usually swim in front of the camera any other time but when you want their picture. What's your opinion?

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[HotRocks]

It appears to be velvet.

Have you recently added anything new that is wet? Coral, rock, inverts?

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Yes a few corals...

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

that's what I was worried about...

 

[HotRocks]

Yes a few corals...

So what probably happened is there were tomonts encysted upon whatever the coral was attached to and started releasing free swimmers into your tank. Now the fish are afflicted.

Here is the emergency treatment protocol for velvet:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/#post-2499437

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

I put all of the corals on brand new plugs that hadn't been in use after dip regime

 

[hanas]

Yeah, it’s either velvet or ich. Do you have a QT system? How long have they had these spots. Velvet is a quick killer and will wipe your whole tank out. In either case, whether it’s velvet or ich, if that’s in your main display you’ll need to run the tank fallow to break the life-cycle.

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

but they did have a large amount of glue/gel that I didn't remove so it must've been on there?

 

[hanas]

You dipped the corals?

Do the spots look white or a yellowish-gold dusting appearance?

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

yes all corals go through a bayer dip and get new plugs... there isn't any yellow or gold dusting appearance

 

[4FordFamily]

That’s velvet for sure.

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. Of course I'm not setup to handle this, which is my own fault. Meds on order and picking up qt tank tomorrow. Hopefully they survive until friday when the quick cure arrives. Sad day...

 

[HotRocks]

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. Of course I'm not setup to handle this, which is my own fault. Meds on order and picking up qt tank tomorrow. Hopefully they survive until friday when the quick cure arrives. Sad day...

Best of luck to you and keep is posted.

 

[drstardust]

Yup, velvet, and you're all taken care of by our pros :)
Good luck!

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Do I need to remove inverts as well? Shrimp, crabs, snails

@HotRocks @4FordFamily

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Perhaps I don't know enough about velvet yet, but the member who sold me the corals stated he has fish in with the frags...