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I have had my tank running for over 2 years and never had any fish die from disease. It all changed last week when I bought a fish not from one of my usual sources. I don't have a quarantine system but I loved to beleive I have a good bio diversity and I even bought a purple tang covered in ick and nursed it back to health on main display with no medication (Good heaty feeding).
I normally buy stuff from a Marine fish exporter when he brings the fish for export from sea. So fish are 1-2 days after being caught from sea. This time around he didn't have a good anthias male I wanted and Last one I had from them would only eat chunks of fresh mean and not even any frozen stuff. so it slowly died off. Anyway fast forward I ordered A male Anthis from a guy who says quarantine fish and have fish store and deliver near my home(Lockdown due to covid). Not meduicated quarntine but still few weeks of quarantine. Paid over 2x the cost at Fish exporters. That fish came in hid inside rocks and found dead in 2 days all rotten.
Next it started, My beautiful long nose butter fly died within 2 days. One day saw white spots in body, next day dead.;Hurting My bristle took about 2 days after. My 2 damsels hanged around for a while being sick but they also died in next couple of days. My similar damsel was there from start I put right after cycle and was the largest damsel I have ever seen. ;Drowning. IT was sick and hanging around about 4 days before dead. Very tough guy.
Only fish left is surprisingly my Yellow coris wrasse. It seems to be a bit sick also as for few days now brush his body on sand multiple times per day. But is seems health so far. I guess its because it stays inside sand and the sand gets rid of the stuff thats being built up on body..
Anyway my next conundrum is, what should I do next? When can I start to restock? I guess not atleast for a another month I guess ? I was thinking if I should do like a 90% water change? But My corals are doing great, and I do not want to mess them up wit ha large water change.
Whats life after having velvet in your tank ?
I normally buy stuff from a Marine fish exporter when he brings the fish for export from sea. So fish are 1-2 days after being caught from sea. This time around he didn't have a good anthias male I wanted and Last one I had from them would only eat chunks of fresh mean and not even any frozen stuff. so it slowly died off. Anyway fast forward I ordered A male Anthis from a guy who says quarantine fish and have fish store and deliver near my home(Lockdown due to covid). Not meduicated quarntine but still few weeks of quarantine. Paid over 2x the cost at Fish exporters. That fish came in hid inside rocks and found dead in 2 days all rotten.
Next it started, My beautiful long nose butter fly died within 2 days. One day saw white spots in body, next day dead.;Hurting My bristle took about 2 days after. My 2 damsels hanged around for a while being sick but they also died in next couple of days. My similar damsel was there from start I put right after cycle and was the largest damsel I have ever seen. ;Drowning. IT was sick and hanging around about 4 days before dead. Very tough guy.
Only fish left is surprisingly my Yellow coris wrasse. It seems to be a bit sick also as for few days now brush his body on sand multiple times per day. But is seems health so far. I guess its because it stays inside sand and the sand gets rid of the stuff thats being built up on body..
Anyway my next conundrum is, what should I do next? When can I start to restock? I guess not atleast for a another month I guess ? I was thinking if I should do like a 90% water change? But My corals are doing great, and I do not want to mess them up wit ha large water change.
Whats life after having velvet in your tank ?