Ich atack. Urgent advice appreciated.

[togor]

Hello everyone,

Let's see if I can take some advice, as I have been for 3 days thinking without get a clear answer to my questions.

Those who already know me, know that I installed my reef 9.5 years ago. 2 months ago I changed my tank and everything was going perfectly until 10 days ago.

- Inhabitants aquarium: A.Lineatus, Z.Flavescens, ocellaris couple (these 4 are 9 years old)
Salarias Fasciatus, S.Picturarus (1 month)

And now I address the problem:

6/20/15: Introduction P.Hepatus "mini" in perfect condition.
02/07/15: Death by ich of P.Hepatus. Struck in five days approx.

Thereafter, it spread to other fish:

09/07/15: Death of the 2 ocellaris.
7/10/15: Lineatus and Flacescens infected. Picturatus Salarias and apparently well.

Parameters:

- PH: 8.1, 1025 Salinity, temperature 25-26 ° C, nitrates <1 with Salifert test, low phosphate.

Recent changes:

- Change carbon (every month) and resins Po4x4 (every month).
- Change T5 bulbs.
Nothing else

Questions:

- What can happened in the tank to cause such carnage ? To me it does not.
- Could it be that the hepatus was sick and has infected the rest? It is most likely in my opinion.
- I'm feeding the fish with food Fauna Marin with antibiotic. They eat well but are becoming worse. What I can do to try to save them?
- I'm resigned to losing my babies. In this case, steps to repopulate the aquarium. Examples: wait 1 month, to install UV lamp, etc ..

Thanks for your advice guys!

 

[snorvich]

The mortality time line is not consistent with ich, it is much more consistent with velvet. Please describe behavior of fish and appearance. Thanks.

 

[togor]

Thanks Steve. It could be velvet, you're right.

The fish, when they are already affected, they stay hidden in the ground, breathing hard, and white eyes in the last stage.

 

[togor]

Attached a pic of a dead ocellaris:

 

[Spar]

those spots are too big for Ich... actually looks like sand to me... does not look like velvet or brook either, but is hard to tell if the skin is peeling when out of water. are those spots able to be pulled or rubbed off?

when in water, does the skin look flaky, almost like a slime coat is peeling off?

 

[togor]

You are right, there may be sand on the photo. They are white dots, not velvet, shown them by the fins.

I just got home and flavescens has also fallen. Now I have the picturatus and Salarias (without symptoms) and lineatus, that it's affected, but eat well (Fauna Marin Soft protect) and it's going to see the lysmatas for proper cleaning.

Flavescens photo attached.



Tomorrow I'll buy salt to make a water change (Murphy's Law, I was without salt) and see if I can buy a UV lamp.

 

[togor]

Well, finally all fishes died. I started a treatment with Proto Marin Coral and added a UV lamp after the treatment, but it was not enough. Now I have a nice reef with corals and invertebrates, but without fishes...

What is your recommendation about quarantine time to introduce new ones?

 

[alprazo]

Sounds like classic velvet.

 

[snorvich]

Sounds like classic velvet.

I agree.

 

[snorvich]

Well, finally all fishes died. I started a treatment with Proto Marin Coral and added a UV lamp after the treatment, but it was not enough. Now I have a nice reef with corals and invertebrates, but without fishes...

What is your recommendation about quarantine time to introduce new ones?

Fallow time is six weeks. Quarantine minimum is 5 weeks.

 

[Mightyfish]

Fallow time is six weeks. Quarantine minimum is 5 weeks.

Hi Steve,

Sorry to hijack the thread just want to check is fallow period 6 weeks or 72 days?

 

[Deinonych]

Hi Steve,

Sorry to hijack the thread just want to check is fallow period 6 weeks or 72 days?

6 weeks for velvet, 72 days for crypto.