So i have a 180 gallon with velvet running rampant. I find if I remove a fish and place them into my 75g quarantine they stop eating and die. I think the act of being moved and catching them just really stresses them out. I pulled my sailfin last night moved him over to hospital tank and he hasnt ate all day. I decided i was going to dose peroxide to display so I moved him back and he immediately started eating like a pig like nothing was wrong.
I started thinking, what if i removed all of the rock instead of the fish and dosed copper in the display. Its a bare bottom tank for the most part and maybe this wouldnt stress them as bad as moving them to a smaller tank or moving them at all.. I can remove all the copper from the water after treatment period is up correct? I would disconnect the display water from the sump for the time being to keep my refugium alive and just keep my powerheads in the display for movement. Keep all the rock in a big tub so it stays alive for 6 weeks... so the velvet dies. Then just put it back like nothing ever happened.
Thoughts?
I started thinking, what if i removed all of the rock instead of the fish and dosed copper in the display. Its a bare bottom tank for the most part and maybe this wouldnt stress them as bad as moving them to a smaller tank or moving them at all.. I can remove all the copper from the water after treatment period is up correct? I would disconnect the display water from the sump for the time being to keep my refugium alive and just keep my powerheads in the display for movement. Keep all the rock in a big tub so it stays alive for 6 weeks... so the velvet dies. Then just put it back like nothing ever happened.
Thoughts?