Might have to eat my own words re: quarantine

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Just lost the filefish. The problem is catching any of these fish, I'd really have to tear the tank apart. I may have to try and catch what I can with the fish trap, catch my wrasses at night while in the sand. The smaller ones might have to stay in, like the damsels and spotted goby. I'm going to try and set up a tank and catch what I can...

might be best to see if someone can come give you a hand catching the fish or if you have to move rocks and such its always nice having a dry pair of hands on stand by.

sorry to hear about your fish man id say marie is right get em out and treated asap

[Aquattro]

Greg, pretty sure it is. It hit fast and hard. The filefish was only slightly a concern at 8am. Dead at 10:15.

Denny, the problem is I can't move rock. The design of the tank is such that all the corals essentially encrust the top layer of rock. If I start moving rock, I might as well tear the tank down.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Greg, pretty sure it is. It hit fast and hard. The filefish was only slightly a concern at 8am. Dead at 10:15.

Denny, the problem is I can't move rock. The design of the tank is such that all the corals essentially encrust the top layer of rock. If I start moving rock, I might as well tear the tank down.

AH SHYTE!! wish I could offer help bud, this sucks. Good luck

[Borderjumper]

For those of you that have had this.. Is this the way it usually happens? If MV can kill so fast, it doesn't make sense to me that it would take 5-6 weeks AFTER introducing it into your tank for the outbreak to occur.

[marie]

MV appears to kill fast because it isn't obvious in the early stages, fish appear to be a bit off colour (pale) and twitchy. It's only the final stage that it becomes obvious that there is a parasite in action

[marie]

Brad, draining the tank of water may be the easiest way to go especially if you have someone else who can see where the fish are hiding and maybe gently keep the fish from going behind the rocks. I managed to catch all my fish including 2 neon gobies out of my fully stocked 175g that way without moving any rocks or corals

[fishoholic]

Here's a link to my old thread about MV nasty stuff. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51938 I have pic's maybe a video of what it looks like in the final stages.

FYI some fish are immune to MV and even if one fish is left in the display and doesn't show signs of MV it can be a carrier of MV and when you reintroduce the fish you were able to treat they could catch it again. It took 2-3 weeks before signs were noticeable in my tank. I also didn't want to tear down and catch everything at first and lost a lot of fish I probably could of saved if I had acted quicker

Here's a link to my photobucket MV pic's and video http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/i...rie_Morin/BRA/

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I thought it was ick, treated tank with reef-safe herbal ick medication and then it turned out it was MV and lost thousands in fish. All our favourites, including Poofie the Porcupine puffer, 2 Purple tangs etc. etc. Know for a fact that my ordeal and TomR's started with Atlantic Blue tangs.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Here's a link to my old thread about MV nasty stuff. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51938

Thanks Laurie. I googled velvet last night and it brought up your thread, I read it last night.
I think the drain tank idea might work if I can find enough storage....

[lastlight]

Oh crap Brad this is terrible to read about. I understand you not wanting to rip that reef apart since it's been a raging success since startup meaning a lot of rocks are now one.

Reading this has convinved me now that a qt tank is a must. Good luck I hope you save most of them