Majority of Fish Died Overnight

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I personally think it was velvet or issues with oxygen.
Velvet my prime suspect and yes , eel best isolated and can even be treated with ruby rally pro which will protect from velvet
 
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Did you notice the eyes cloudy or tons of salt looking specs on your fish before they perished? Were any swimming into the power heads? If not than it’s not velvet..
My Achilles had cloudy eyes, and was swimming in front of power head a bit last night. I’m going to bring my water in later today to LFS to test everything again.
 

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My Achilles had cloudy eyes, and was swimming in front of power head a bit last night. I’m going to bring my water in later today to LFS to test everything again.
Signs of velvet
 

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He wasn’t directly in front of it but was on the side of it a bit in front. He was eating a bit though.
That sounds right and as they weaken, they drift around the flow and increased breathing
 
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The red flame angel swam into a hiding spot buried in it and then began to lay on its side. Everything else is now on the floor on its side. Either breathing heavily or dead.
 

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The red flame angel swam into a hiding spot buried in it and then began to lay on its side. Everything else is now on the floor on its side. Either breathing heavily or dead.
Do any of those fish have dots on them? Like ich or velvet? Should look like salt.
 

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The more I read about velvet the more I think it is. All fish had a reduced appetite, most fish were hiding as well. The Achilles spots also look like velvet not ich after reading articles.
 

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