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Old 03-27-2011, 01:38 AM
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So last night my mandarin just up and died from something I can't quite identify. Last weekend my butterfly died from what I thought was ich. I'm now left with two fish: a blenny and a goby.

The goby seems totally fine. The blenny has been, for the past few days, biting his tail and rubbing himself again soft stuff a little more than usual. Today, maybe because I'm paranoid, I have noticed him spending most of his time near the top of the tank (but the again he spends most of his time there usually) . They're both eating fine and neither are showing any signs of the typical "velvet" (then again, it's hard to tell on white and yellow fish).

What is your take on this? If it is velvet, should I move them to QT and medicate? Or should I observe them and see if they fight off infection on their own?

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Old 03-27-2011, 01:48 AM
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It never hurts to play on the cautious side. It is only two fish you could wait it out to see what happens, but at the same time its somethings life your gambling on.
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:36 AM
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best thing to do now is get those fish in quarantine and get your tank running fishless its a two month road for you with no fish,rasing the temp, its the only answer now, whether or not your other fish are gonna make it is a hard call, formalin is the only thing i have heard of but i have not used it and im not sure to the extent on how it works so maybe some one else can chime in for that, i know theres a few who have dealt with it on here, you could ask fishoholic she would have some advice to give you.....sorry for your luck buddy
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Old 03-27-2011, 03:45 AM
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My best advice is put a UV on for a few weeks thats what I did when my fish got it and it cleared up pretty quick. Just my opinion.
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:24 PM
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I don't think raising the temp will do much for velvet, but get everyone out into a hospital tank. Blennies and gobies are a little moer resistant to things like velvet so I've read, so they just might make it. When I was hit last October, my only fish that showed no signs whatsoever were my lawnmower blenny and my zebra dartfish(goby family). I didn't medicate them, just quarintine. 2 monthe fishless might be a good start, but I went 3 to be on the safe side and everything's fine today.
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Old 03-27-2011, 03:09 PM
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Here's a link to thread I started when I was dealing with velvet. Take a look through it as there is a lot of info about velvet in it and some pic.'s too. My mandarin didn't seem to be affected by the velvet but he died in QT. However with velvet all fish have to be QT'd to get the disease out of the tank, some fish have a resistance to velvet and will not show signs of it (my wrasses/CBB/mandarin) but can be carriers of the disease and give it to any new fish you add. Which is why it's important to QT and leave the display fishless for 6-8 weeks.
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Old 03-27-2011, 07:41 PM
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I don't actually know if it velvet or not. The butterfly had ich, I can say that for certain.. he may also have had velvet at the same time. The mandarin surprised me as I thught they were more immune to it than other. The mandarin had a white head... I don't know if this was velvet or if it was something else (like scratching on a rock).

Today the goby still seems fine but the blenny is quite bloated in his stomach. I don't know if it was because he over-ate yesterday (I've been feeding heavier to keep them strong), or if he's constipated for whatever reason, or if he's got something like dropsy (I think either of the former two). He's still out swimming, seems chipper but is still hanging out near the surface (which he usually does anyways).

I'm setting up a QT as I type this just in case, but I need some advice on what to do here...
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