Hey guys I lost 2 clownfish last night/early this morning. I had them in QT for 30 days and they died which seemed weird. Here is the run down of everything.
Day 1- Safety Stop and added them to the QT tank
Day 3- Started Copper Power slowing ramping up to 2.25
Day 23- starting showing what I thought was early stages of Brook. You could barely see a white dust/spots on them only if the light was hitting it right.
Day 23- Took them out and did a 90 min Ruby Reef Rally Pro Bath and transferred them into another sterile QT tank and started treating with General Cure
Day 25- 2nd dose of General Cure
Day 27- 25% water change and ran Carbon
Day 28- Started Copper Power again
Day 29- Ruby Reef Rally Pro H2o2 bath
Day 30- Both dead.
A few things of note. I've had a foxface in with them the whole time and he hasn't shown any issues of Brook or Velvet. After 4-5 days of them not getting better with General Cure I assumed maybe it wasn't brook and was velvet so I started Copper again and then 36 hours later they are dead. The clowns were coming to the surface vertically gasping for air and swimming lethargic and wouldn't eat the last 3-4 days or so. For the first 3 weeks or so they were happy/healthy and doing great and then all the sudden I saw what I thought was Brook. Last night as a last ditch effort I did a Ruby Reef Bath and H2o2 bath and 1 clown died in the bath and the other died over night. There is a sponge filter in there, HOB filter and was even running a powerhead so I don't think it was an oxygen issue. Neither clown was covered bad and that's what made it difficult to diagnose. I wasn't like the Brook was in the later stages or when Velvet absolutely covers the fish. Whatever it had seemed to be a very minor case but I guess it was enough to kill them. Foxface seems just fine today too. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated.
Day 1- Safety Stop and added them to the QT tank
Day 3- Started Copper Power slowing ramping up to 2.25
Day 23- starting showing what I thought was early stages of Brook. You could barely see a white dust/spots on them only if the light was hitting it right.
Day 23- Took them out and did a 90 min Ruby Reef Rally Pro Bath and transferred them into another sterile QT tank and started treating with General Cure
Day 25- 2nd dose of General Cure
Day 27- 25% water change and ran Carbon
Day 28- Started Copper Power again
Day 29- Ruby Reef Rally Pro H2o2 bath
Day 30- Both dead.
A few things of note. I've had a foxface in with them the whole time and he hasn't shown any issues of Brook or Velvet. After 4-5 days of them not getting better with General Cure I assumed maybe it wasn't brook and was velvet so I started Copper again and then 36 hours later they are dead. The clowns were coming to the surface vertically gasping for air and swimming lethargic and wouldn't eat the last 3-4 days or so. For the first 3 weeks or so they were happy/healthy and doing great and then all the sudden I saw what I thought was Brook. Last night as a last ditch effort I did a Ruby Reef Bath and H2o2 bath and 1 clown died in the bath and the other died over night. There is a sponge filter in there, HOB filter and was even running a powerhead so I don't think it was an oxygen issue. Neither clown was covered bad and that's what made it difficult to diagnose. I wasn't like the Brook was in the later stages or when Velvet absolutely covers the fish. Whatever it had seemed to be a very minor case but I guess it was enough to kill them. Foxface seems just fine today too. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated.
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