Somewhat long story. I have a newer tank, that I added two clowns to a couple months ago. They did great. About two weeks after adding them, I added a yellow watchman goby.
Within 12 hours the yellow watchman was dead. 2 days later, one of my clowns was hiding from the light, super pale, and breathing heavily. It died within a few hours of noticing anything wrong.
I waited a couple weeks to see if anything else happened before adding anything else. Everything was fine, and I added a firefish. The firefish died within a couple days. This was 10 days ago.
All parameters in the water are good and were while all these deaths were happening.. Verified with multiple test kits and LFS. Acclimation process was fine, but nothing was quarantined.
The thought is that maybe velvet was introduced with the watchman.
So I have 1 clown remaining in the tank. It appears to be completely healthy. Shows no signs of disease or stress.
I don't have a QT and am in the process of moving, so I have nowhere to set one up at the moment. But, with only 1 fish remaining, I figured I would just hold off on adding anything and wait and see.
But, I have very little disease history, so I don't really know the ins and outs. If it is velvet, and my remaining clown is fine, will it stay fine? Will the velvet die out if the fish is never removed from the tank?
Within 12 hours the yellow watchman was dead. 2 days later, one of my clowns was hiding from the light, super pale, and breathing heavily. It died within a few hours of noticing anything wrong.
I waited a couple weeks to see if anything else happened before adding anything else. Everything was fine, and I added a firefish. The firefish died within a couple days. This was 10 days ago.
All parameters in the water are good and were while all these deaths were happening.. Verified with multiple test kits and LFS. Acclimation process was fine, but nothing was quarantined.
The thought is that maybe velvet was introduced with the watchman.
So I have 1 clown remaining in the tank. It appears to be completely healthy. Shows no signs of disease or stress.
I don't have a QT and am in the process of moving, so I have nowhere to set one up at the moment. But, with only 1 fish remaining, I figured I would just hold off on adding anything and wait and see.
But, I have very little disease history, so I don't really know the ins and outs. If it is velvet, and my remaining clown is fine, will it stay fine? Will the velvet die out if the fish is never removed from the tank?
