It's official - my tank is cursed.
I've had a couple of parasite outbreaks over the past year and even put the tank through two fallow periods. One was 72 days and the other one 90. It was most likely velvet that caused the last wipeout and it was my fault for not quarantining.
Recently I've adopted a strict 6 week quarantine protocol that I had believed was pretty bullet proof. My original fish went through TTM, Prazi, and stayed out of the display for 90 days last year. Everything seemed fine when they went back to the display although the tang did act weird sometimes, but I have come to believe that tangs can be just weird.
Nothing new was added for five months. Recently I put four fish through my quarantine process which included formalin baths, TTM, Prazi, and an additional month of observation. All fish ate wonderfully and never displayed any signs of parasitic infection. They were added to the display three weeks ago, and I hope I'm hallucinating, but I swear I see some ich spots on the tail fin of the cream angelfish. Behavior is good, so no hiding or scratching. The two dwarf angels do bicker and the coral beauty picks on the cream angel. I am hoping it just has some tail damage from fighting. The original yellow tang is moody and fights with his reflection, but he has always done that. Today the yellow tang is not eating much and just floats around as if it's in a daze. I fear the worst and I'm just about finished with this hobby for good.
I did everything right and have no idea how they have ich. Do you think it might be lymphocystis? It's too hard to take a photo but it looks like ich to me. Maybe I just have an entrenched strain in my system. A really entrenched one! I'm going for management this time. There is no way I'm going through another fallow period with this many fish.
I've had a couple of parasite outbreaks over the past year and even put the tank through two fallow periods. One was 72 days and the other one 90. It was most likely velvet that caused the last wipeout and it was my fault for not quarantining.
Recently I've adopted a strict 6 week quarantine protocol that I had believed was pretty bullet proof. My original fish went through TTM, Prazi, and stayed out of the display for 90 days last year. Everything seemed fine when they went back to the display although the tang did act weird sometimes, but I have come to believe that tangs can be just weird.
Nothing new was added for five months. Recently I put four fish through my quarantine process which included formalin baths, TTM, Prazi, and an additional month of observation. All fish ate wonderfully and never displayed any signs of parasitic infection. They were added to the display three weeks ago, and I hope I'm hallucinating, but I swear I see some ich spots on the tail fin of the cream angelfish. Behavior is good, so no hiding or scratching. The two dwarf angels do bicker and the coral beauty picks on the cream angel. I am hoping it just has some tail damage from fighting. The original yellow tang is moody and fights with his reflection, but he has always done that. Today the yellow tang is not eating much and just floats around as if it's in a daze. I fear the worst and I'm just about finished with this hobby for good.
I did everything right and have no idea how they have ich. Do you think it might be lymphocystis? It's too hard to take a photo but it looks like ich to me. Maybe I just have an entrenched strain in my system. A really entrenched one! I'm going for management this time. There is no way I'm going through another fallow period with this many fish.
