tank is crashing.

[Colin Gilboy]

i’ve had my 90 gal set up for 7 years and this is the first tank crash. i lost a powder blue and a chocolate tang two weeks ago, today i lost one of my clowns. my other clowns and some of my other fish all have the same looking symptoms. i asked everyone at my LFS what to do,,ive quartined the first two fish and i’ve done freshwater dips on my other ones,, can someone help me with a true diagnostic and treatment. here are some pics. i have a UV stearlizer and i am FW dipping with cupramine

 

[sean rand]

Looks like velvet.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I agree. Kind of looks like velvet :(

 

[Colin Gilboy]

I agree. Kind of looks like velvet :(

that’s what i thought. basically nothing i can do then

 

[Big G]

Sorry for your losses. That's rough after so long with them :( Anything new "wet" added to the tank in the last few weeks?

 

[Hemmdog]

Yep, did you add anything new at all in the last few weeks? Sorry for your losses :(

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I was going to ask the same thing. What was the last thing you added?

If you can get the remaining fish in copper, that will kill the velvet rapidly .

 

[Reefer1978]

First look I thought velvet also.

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Sorry for your losses. That's rough after so long with them :( Anything new "wet" added to the tank in the last few weeks?

the only new thing i added was a lemon peel angel. i work at the LFS so i watched him for several weeks and didn’t see signs of anything

 

[sean rand]

the only new thing i added was a lemon peel angel. i work at the LFS so i watched him for several weeks and didn’t see signs of anything

Did u qt? Or treat b4 adding?

 

[Colin Gilboy]

I was going to ask the same thing. What was the last thing you added?

If you can get the remaining fish in copper, that will kill the velvet rapidly .

i started freshwater dipping today and i added a lemon peel tang which i watched closely for about a month

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Did u qt? Or treat b4 adding?

i work at my LFS so i treated it there w copper

 

[Big G]

the only new thing i added was a lemon peel angel. i work at the LFS so i watched him for several weeks and didn’t see signs of anything

Was the tank at the LFS dosed with copper?

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Yep, did you add anything new at all in the last few weeks? Sorry for your losses :(

the only new thing i added was a lemon peel angel. i work at the LFS so i watched him for several weeks and didn’t see signs of anything

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Was the tank at the LFS dosed with copper?

they have a separate QT system and it was treated w copper

 

[Hemmdog]

i started freshwater dipping today and i added a lemon peel tang which i watched closely for about a month

Fw dip is for flukes. Your remaining guys need ruby reef rally, stat.

 

[Big G]

they have a separate QT system and it was treated w copper

Trying to figure out if this is velvet or brook your are dealing with in your tank. Early Brook presents like ich/velvet and can be just as deadly. Do you know if the fish were treated at therapeutic copper levels for at least 14 days?

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Trying to figure out if this is velvet or brook your are dealing with in your tank. Early Brook presents like ich/velvet and can be just as deadly. Do you know if the fish were treated at therapeutic copper levels for at least 14 days?

im not sure if they were

 

[Colin Gilboy]

Fw dip is for flukes. Your remaining guys need ruby reef rally, stat.

freshwater dipping with copper for 5 min wouldn’t work? if not i’ll check out rally

 

[Hemmdog]

freshwater dipping with copper for 5 min wouldn’t work? if not i’ll check out rally

It’s hard on the fish imo. I avoid fw dips if possible.