ugh Fish dead!

[cathyg_99]

so in less than 72 hours i have lost 3 fish, a pepermint shrimp is MIA, this sucks so much, my watchman was eaten by the anemone, my clown had ?clownfish disease? and his skin was peeling so bad that he lost an eye so i removed him, now the fire fish has just died... all the pars are 0, salt 1.025 i have one clown left hes looking good and eating any idea what it is??

[Maverick00]

ugh that really sucks sry... curious what your temp is at?

[RedCoralEdmonton]

maybe it wasnt a clownfish disease and maybe velvet? looked like it to me on that photo....

Steve

[The Grizz]

Oh Cathy I feel for you, it does sound like it might have been velet to me as well. Had it hit my 65 a couple yrs ago, wiped out my tank in just days.

[cathyg_99]

just the clownfish peeled... the yellow disappeared i assumed it was the anemone and the firefish had no markings just breathing hard and let the cleaner shrimp get right into his gills and mouth...

[RedCoralEdmonton]

my only other suggestion is where in your tank do you take your test water from? most people just dip near the surface for testing, now if you have inadequate flow or the flow doesnt circulate properly you could have "deadspots" or areas in the tank where you have a build up of ammonia/nitrates.... try taking samples all over your tank, or use some purple up or any other milky suppliment to "test" your flow...... other then that im sumped...

Steve

[cathyg_99]

yeah i just looked at velvet photos and thats exactually what my clown looked like... id tell you how i really feel at this point in time but, the moderators would close the thread :redface: so now if theres some magical way my other picaso clown doesnt die how can i "rid" the system of velvet so if i add any other fish later i wont kill them?

and i set up the 26 so i could keep my clowns and firefish....

[fishoholic]

Empty your display tank of ALL remaining fish (sounds like you did and they're in a QT) Treat the fish with seachem cupramine in QT tank and leave the display fishless for a minimum of 6-8 weeks.

I had velvet go through my tanks a couple of years ago worst disease ever in this hobby.

Here's a link to the thread I did when I had velvet, lots of info in it.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51938

[cathyg_99]

Empty your display tank of ALL remaining fish (sounds like you did and they're in a QT) Treat the fish with seachem cupramine in QT tank and leave the display fishless for a minimum of 6-8 weeks.

I had velvet go through my tanks a couple of years ago worst disease ever in this hobby.

Here's a link to the thread I did when I had velvet, lots of info in it.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51938

i have one left and hes not doing very well this morning... so i just leave the display empty for 6-8 weeks? anything i should be adding?

[dsaundry]

Do you have a uv sterilizer? Or access to one? How large is your tank?? 8-12 weeks would be better and some more aggressive water changes 25-30% unless you have very sensitive corals or clams in system, then just 10-15% is fine. After the qt time has passed, do not try to restock too quickly. That can set up even more issues. Good luck I know its a hard thing to go through. Been there done that:cry:

[cathyg_99]

thanks... i think if my last clown dies im just going to stock it with corals for now... maybe fish for christmas?

[dsaundry]

That would be fine, just remember to add slowly...My 140 has recovered nicely from my set-back at the beginning of the year and is looking great again...yours will too.:biggrin:

[cathyg_99]

other than corals nothing has been added for a while, 3+ weeks and before that all came from my 90 gallon

[ALang]

Horrible disease, velvet is!! *shudder*
Hope that you will get through this OK.
Every time we hear about this disease, we just feel so badly for the people going through it.
Careful with the copper. Get all new tools for this purpose: nets, heater, bucket. Don't ever cross-contaminate your main tank with any remnants of copper, or you'd risk loosing more inverts, and the inability to ever use your main tank for anything other than a fish-only tank.
Good luck.