Looking for advice for possible velvet outbreak, not sure what to do in my 125 reef.
A few weeks ago I introduced a sailfin tang into my tank, I always use Dr Tim’s when I put in new fish. 2 days later my porcupine puffer was showing signs of ick. I do not have a hospital tank for a qt at the moment. I did a freshwater soak of the puffer and starting dosing ick-kick as I can’t use copper based from my corals.
2 days later my puffer, sailfin and scooter Benny all died. The next day I lost a clown and pj cardinal. 2 days after that my other clown. Only the puffer and sailfin showed spots and symptoms.
Everything I know about tanks is to let it go fallow for 6 weeks from velvet but I had 2 fish that did not pass and doing very well. The tank parameters are good across the board. Do biweekly water changes.
Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of the fish. With all of that would it be bad to leave those fish in the tank and wait 6-11 weeks before trying to introduce new fish or will it always have possible velvet breeding as long as fish are in the tank?
A few weeks ago I introduced a sailfin tang into my tank, I always use Dr Tim’s when I put in new fish. 2 days later my porcupine puffer was showing signs of ick. I do not have a hospital tank for a qt at the moment. I did a freshwater soak of the puffer and starting dosing ick-kick as I can’t use copper based from my corals.
2 days later my puffer, sailfin and scooter Benny all died. The next day I lost a clown and pj cardinal. 2 days after that my other clown. Only the puffer and sailfin showed spots and symptoms.
Everything I know about tanks is to let it go fallow for 6 weeks from velvet but I had 2 fish that did not pass and doing very well. The tank parameters are good across the board. Do biweekly water changes.
Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of the fish. With all of that would it be bad to leave those fish in the tank and wait 6-11 weeks before trying to introduce new fish or will it always have possible velvet breeding as long as fish are in the tank?