Hello,
I’ve had my 40B tank up and running for a few months now, and everything has been going swimmingly (no pun intended). This tank is an upgrade of my long standing fluval 13.5, which, too, was doing well. As of today, however, my clownfish is showing odd behavior, that if I had to diagnose myself, I would say are early symptoms of velvet. Namely, it is swimming erratically, charging into the flow (while it is a clownfish, this behavior is completely new), and has refused to eat (today, eats like a pig every other time). I am extremely nervous that a parasite has entered the system, but am scratching my head at how this is even possible. Every fish in there was extensively quarantined, and no new fish has entered in well over a month. Any new coral and invert is either from a fishless system or was dipped. I definitely want to confirm if this is velvet sooner rather than later, as I don’t want to be too late in moving and treating the fish. Is it even possible for velvet or a similar protozoan to have entered the system, or could I be overreacting?
I’ve had my 40B tank up and running for a few months now, and everything has been going swimmingly (no pun intended). This tank is an upgrade of my long standing fluval 13.5, which, too, was doing well. As of today, however, my clownfish is showing odd behavior, that if I had to diagnose myself, I would say are early symptoms of velvet. Namely, it is swimming erratically, charging into the flow (while it is a clownfish, this behavior is completely new), and has refused to eat (today, eats like a pig every other time). I am extremely nervous that a parasite has entered the system, but am scratching my head at how this is even possible. Every fish in there was extensively quarantined, and no new fish has entered in well over a month. Any new coral and invert is either from a fishless system or was dipped. I definitely want to confirm if this is velvet sooner rather than later, as I don’t want to be too late in moving and treating the fish. Is it even possible for velvet or a similar protozoan to have entered the system, or could I be overreacting?