Marine Velvet horribleness

my2rotties · #1 04-20-2009, 09:17 PM

Just a quick couple of questions...

How long do you need to treat the fish in QT for?

How long will have to keep the livestock out of the display tanks for?

TheRealBigAL · #2 04-20-2009, 09:18 PM

Sorry to hear.

Chaloupa · #3 04-20-2009, 09:34 PM

Marine Velvet is HORRIBLE...I am sooo sorry for your loss. I experienced it when I first started in the hobby...had an established little system...added a final fish and lost all of them..it was nasty. Good luck!

marie · #4 04-20-2009, 09:36 PM

Oy, sorry the emperor didn't make it, my toes and fingers are still crossed for you.

Lance · #5 04-20-2009, 09:44 PM

This really sucks! I know how much your fish mean to you. Cupramine is good stuff and hopefully does the trick. (fingers crossed)

fishoholic · #6 04-20-2009, 11:49 PM

Thanks everyone, you have all been very kind to me during this stressful time. I just want everyone to know how much I appreciate it.

Diana to answer your questions I need to treat them with the copper med.'s for 2 weeks and I need to keep the tanks fish free for 6 weeks.

Marie I know you were almost scared to ask me how they were this morning, well I admit I was scared to check

Now I'm hanging around at work because I'm afraid of what awaits me at home

However I will be heading home to face the music soon, and I will keep this thread updated frequently to let everyone know how it's going.

my2rotties · #7 04-21-2009, 12:16 AM

So glad you could get them all out and treat them though. Keep your chin up, you will rebuild and continue. There will be a day that you look at your tanks again and be in awe. At least you have time to do some mods to make life easier.

Just go play killer zombie games with the man, and try to relax a little bit. You have done all that you could and now have to get through it. Thank goodness for some people on this forum that make life bearable and are very understanding. They know whom they are, these people ROCK!!!

I am hoping the fish that stuck it out this long will survive since they endured the worst and hung in there for you.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Thanks everyone, you have all been very kind to me during this stressful time. I just want everyone to know how much I apperciate it.

Diana to answer your questions I need to treat them with the copper med.'s for 2 weeks and I need to keep the tanks fish free for 6 weeks.

Marie I know you were almost scared to ask me how they were this morning, well I admit I was scared to check

Now I'm hanging around at work because I'm afraid of what awaits me at home

However I will be heading home to face the music soon, and I will keep this thread updated frequently to let everyone know how it's going.

Myka · #8 04-21-2009, 01:04 AM

Ouch!! That is really horrible. Sorry for the losses.

I don't run a QT for my smaller tanks because it's not feasible when there are only 3-4 fish, but when I set up my 90 I will be QTing all new fish.

my2rotties · #9 04-22-2009, 10:22 PM

Hey Laurie I am hoping the last of them pull through since they endured the very worst. I wonder if you should put anti biotics in the water at some point to help the healing fish not get infections. I would perhaps look into that since they survived this long and you probably don't want an infection to set in in their weakened state. I have no idea if this would be an issue but I am just trying to think ahead of "Murphy's law". I almost have a feeling that you might have to, but really don't know for sure.

Anyone else have any advise on this?