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Here's the story. I picked up a scopus tang about a month ago. I didn't QT and put him directly in my DT. After a few days I decided it wasn't for me so I put him in my QT. A few days later I changed my mind again and put him back in my DT. I had him in the DT for about 24 hours. I didn't notice any spots on him but he wasn't eating and had clamped fins so I took him out. After observing him back in the QT, I noticed what looked like velvet on his fins. Within 24 hours he was dead. I had assumed he brought velvet to my tank so I got started on taking everything out. The first 2 fish I put in the QT were a bi color blenny and a royal gramma. They both looked ok at first but within 48 hrs they were dead with white stuff all over them. I was also able to get out a hippo and 2 clowns all which seemed fine. I placed those in a separate QT and started copper.
1 fish I was unable to catch was an algae blenny. It has now been over 2 weeks since this debacle and he's still fine with no symptoms. I also added a yellow tang to the DT 7 days ago and it has been totally fine.
The question is, do you think this was velvet and if it was could this infected fish been in my DT for 24 hrs without infecting it?
I'm thinking about just adding the other fish back in as I'm not a big fan of QTing as I feel they are far healthier in the DT.
1 fish I was unable to catch was an algae blenny. It has now been over 2 weeks since this debacle and he's still fine with no symptoms. I also added a yellow tang to the DT 7 days ago and it has been totally fine.
The question is, do you think this was velvet and if it was could this infected fish been in my DT for 24 hrs without infecting it?
I'm thinking about just adding the other fish back in as I'm not a big fan of QTing as I feel they are far healthier in the DT.