mpitzer April 14, 2017 Author Share April 14, 2017 Royal gramma had expired when I got home today. Neither the gramma nor the blenny showed any signs of velvet. Will test water params tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arking_mark April 14, 2017 Share April 14, 2017 Looks like something lethal to me. Velvet was and still is my guess. Sorry. QT and copper treat your remaining fish ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtelles April 16, 2017 Share April 16, 2017 You need to get the rest of the fish qt'd and treated, or most, if not all, will die. Your firefish was clearly ill with either ick or velvet based on the picture you shared, and sometimes velvet is hard to spot even on a very sick fish. It's now in your system, and it's not going away. Some of the remaining fish may have strong enough immune systems to make it through, but given all of the recent losses, that may be wishful thinking. You'll need to leave the tank fallow (fishless) for a while, until the underlying (likely parasite) issue clears up. Nobody wants to hear this, but unless you both treat your fish and leave your tank fallow, you'll always have mysterious deaths in your tank moving forward. Sorry you're dealing with all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k April 16, 2017 Share April 16, 2017 Dont buy fish from the LFS unless they've been in a dedicated QT/hospital system unless youre going to put them into your own dedicated system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arking_mark April 26, 2017 Share April 26, 2017 Just curious on the final outcome of your outbreak. What survived? Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpitzer May 8, 2017 Author Share May 8, 2017 Everything else has survived and is doing good. I ended up getting a lawnmower blenny and he has been happy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arking_mark May 9, 2017 Share May 9, 2017 Glad to here that. Looks like it was not velvet. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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