Long story short I had 2 clowns, tasha goby and pistol shrimp, emerald crab, added an un QT'd Royal Gramma. So no signs of issues but just died randomly 3 weeks in. 2 days later noticed white ich like spots on smaller clown, dead the next morning. Few days later after a hyrdogen bath the larger clown pasted.
Made the classic mistake of having a time bomb on QT'ing and got unlucky. Velvet is what I discoverd was the issue.
So on to the fix. Working on getting the QT up in a few days. I still have the Tasha Goby and pistol shrimp and emerald crab in my Display, along with various corals.
I plan to do the 6 week no fish display to kill the velvet.
Now my Goby has been doing just fine but plan to pull him out and QT for those 6 weeks. I can look up what I need to treat to make sure if he has or had velvet it is eliminated. Guessing the shrimp is helping him not contract the disease.
MAIN QUESTION: since the goby likes to burrow, and will be in a QT style tank for a long time. should I add a little substrate or will he be fine with a couple small PVC pipes.
Finally, Can I leave the pistol shrimp and emerald crab in the display and still ensure velvet is eliminated after that 6 week period. Thank you
Learned the hard way cause I was lazy
Made the classic mistake of having a time bomb on QT'ing and got unlucky. Velvet is what I discoverd was the issue.
So on to the fix. Working on getting the QT up in a few days. I still have the Tasha Goby and pistol shrimp and emerald crab in my Display, along with various corals.
I plan to do the 6 week no fish display to kill the velvet.
Now my Goby has been doing just fine but plan to pull him out and QT for those 6 weeks. I can look up what I need to treat to make sure if he has or had velvet it is eliminated. Guessing the shrimp is helping him not contract the disease.
MAIN QUESTION: since the goby likes to burrow, and will be in a QT style tank for a long time. should I add a little substrate or will he be fine with a couple small PVC pipes.
Finally, Can I leave the pistol shrimp and emerald crab in the display and still ensure velvet is eliminated after that 6 week period. Thank you
Learned the hard way cause I was lazy