Hello. New here. Read alot but is my first post.
Some background on my complicated situation...
100 gallon FOWLR tank
1.23 Salinitiy
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
Temp 78
Been running for about 6 months
4 inch Dog face puffer
2 bengaii cardinals
1 lawnmower blenny
1 yellow watchman gobie
1 royal gramma
I thought I had ich in the tank as dfp had some spots on his fins. Within 2 days realized it was velvet. He was covered in white. Nobody else looked sick.
I did not have a QT, so I dosed with copperpower in the DT. Got up to 2.0 in two days and kept it there with very little change. Never got below 1.75 or higher than 2.10.
In the meantime, I set up 2 QT tanks.
After 10 days of Copperpower and a few freshwater dips, DFP looked much better. I placed him in sterile qt, alone, and he is thriving again. Eating like a pig and looks perfect.
I placed cardinals and gramma in a different QT after 10 days. They all look great and are eating but, again, never looked sick.
I was unable to remove blenny and Gobi. They remain in the DT at 2.0 copperpower.
I realize none of this was done to the standards of what needed to be done. I've learned alot and was just unprepared. That said, I am where I am.
The question...where do I go now with the DT? There has been copperpower for 18 days.
Will 30 days of copperpower in the DT kill the velvet so I can do water changes, run carbon, etc to get the copper out and put the fish back in the DT?
Or does anyone suggest something different considering the tank was never fallow be used the blenny and gobie are still in there? They never showed any sickness by the way.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks so much
Some background on my complicated situation...
100 gallon FOWLR tank
1.23 Salinitiy
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
Temp 78
Been running for about 6 months
4 inch Dog face puffer
2 bengaii cardinals
1 lawnmower blenny
1 yellow watchman gobie
1 royal gramma
I thought I had ich in the tank as dfp had some spots on his fins. Within 2 days realized it was velvet. He was covered in white. Nobody else looked sick.
I did not have a QT, so I dosed with copperpower in the DT. Got up to 2.0 in two days and kept it there with very little change. Never got below 1.75 or higher than 2.10.
In the meantime, I set up 2 QT tanks.
After 10 days of Copperpower and a few freshwater dips, DFP looked much better. I placed him in sterile qt, alone, and he is thriving again. Eating like a pig and looks perfect.
I placed cardinals and gramma in a different QT after 10 days. They all look great and are eating but, again, never looked sick.
I was unable to remove blenny and Gobi. They remain in the DT at 2.0 copperpower.
I realize none of this was done to the standards of what needed to be done. I've learned alot and was just unprepared. That said, I am where I am.
The question...where do I go now with the DT? There has been copperpower for 18 days.
Will 30 days of copperpower in the DT kill the velvet so I can do water changes, run carbon, etc to get the copper out and put the fish back in the DT?
Or does anyone suggest something different considering the tank was never fallow be used the blenny and gobie are still in there? They never showed any sickness by the way.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks so much