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So about 3 months ago my tank came down with ich. I introduced a square spot anthias and he was getting picked on by my powder brown tang. He stayed hidden and got stressed. He got ich and gave it to my powder brown. I trapped the anthiad and got him out of the tank. A week or so later after dosing fish keeper my powder brown and bi color blenny died. Then my fire blenny died, next my yellow tang, then my two clowns that I had for over 5 years. The only fosh that was left was my six line also had him for 5 years. He never showed any signs of ich. I left him alone in the tank for 8 weeks. The. I got two false perculas. The smaller of the two only lived a day because the sixline attacked him. I then got a bigger clown and he lasted two days and the sixline killed him. So I caught the sixline and sold him. A couple days ago I got ANOTHER clown this one was larger then the one I have had for 3 weeks now. Today he died.... He was swimming around real slow and staying in this cave on the sand bed. Today I came home from work and he was sucked up against my wp-16. I got him off he swam around all slow getting tossed by the currents and died about 15 mins later. My wife surprised me and brought home a royal gamma and a cleaner wrasse( I know he won't make it unless I stock my tank with fish quick). So I am so lost as to why the clowns keep dieing. It's wierd I thought it was aggression from the sixline because the first clown I got still lives. All my parameters are right on and my coral is thriving. But now the six line is gone and I still lost a clown. Just bad luck or is there something I'm missing?!?!?!
 

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Velvet by chance?

^^ Based on the timeline of deaths and some of the fish acting reclusive, I would say velvet is very likely. The OP needs to go fallow (fishless) for at least 6 weeks (76 days would be better) to starve any remaining parasites out of the DT. Some fish will build up an immunity to velvet, but many more will just keep dying.
 

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^^ Based on the timeline of deaths and some of the fish acting reclusive, I would say velvet is very likely. The OP needs to go fallow (fishless) for at least 6 weeks (76 days would be better) to starve any remaining parasites out of the DT. Some fish will build up an immunity to velvet, but many more will just keep dying.
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I agree. Velvet seems likely and I wouldn't advise buying any new fish until going fallow for the full 76 days - just to be safe. I would also advise setting up a QT for future purchases.
 

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I agree. Velvet seems likely and I wouldn't advise buying any new fish until going fallow for the full 76 days - just to be safe. I would also advise setting up a QT for future purchases.
X3 this is velvet almost definitively
 

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