Ick/marine velvet in reef aquarium

[Jay Hemdal]

Hey jay so comes to find out I did indeed have marine velvet. I lost fish slowly each day. Signs of heavy breathing and some even stuck in my powerhead. My question is now how long do I leave my DT fishless? I have all my corals and inverts there. The rest are in quarantine with copper in separate tank and hoping the best. Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry, I don’t have really good data for leaving a tank fallow due to velvet. Worst case is 76 days, that’s what is used for ich in cooler water. I used to use 45 days, but that is at higher temps, greater than 81 degrees.
Jay

 

[socal562]

Thank you!!

 

[jmichaelh7]

Hey jay so comes to find out I did indeed have marine velvet. I lost fish slowly each day. Signs of heavy breathing and some even stuck in my powerhead. My question is now how long do I leave my DT fishless? I have all my corals and inverts there. The rest are in quarantine with copper in separate tank and hoping the best. Any help would be appreciated.

Why not break the tank down, disinfect ? Start over ?

 

[socal562]

Not an option have at too much money in there loaded with corals ect. I wish it would been that easy.