295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS with Solaris I Series

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For a long time I've believed that cryptocaryon can survive dormant in a fish's gill mucus for a long itme, even this is not part of the often described life cycle. I'd bet the new tank reactivated it in the blue hippo, a fish which seems to carry this parasite 99.999% of the time even after appropriate quarantine and treatment.

My limited experience has generally been that capture/treatment is worse than the disease. As long as they are eating, keep adding garlic and ginger to the food and try to ignore the white specks and the scratching. Obviously any fish getting into big trouble -- i.e. not eating, labored breathing -- should be removed if possible. I have also used Kordon Ich-Attack with some success. It is reef safe although since it requires carbon and skimmer to be off, and being an organic additive you will see nosedives in redox and RTN may manifest from that.

I don't think UV has much use in a reef system. While it normally would not hurt to add it, in a Zeo system it will destroy the free bacteria in the water column. Ozone is even worse as it will affect not only bacteria in the water column but potentially elsewhere. My soft corals and filter feedings seemed very happy when I disconnected the UV, bacterioplankton is an underestimated source of food!

I think the best way of eliminating ich from a system, if this is possible, is to let it run its course. Ignore the few spots that show up now and then. After a year of no new fish additions, the ich organisms should all perish from apoptosis as they have a limited number of reproductions before death without fresh new DNA.

Good luck.
 
Thanks guys....yeah, I also believe that catching out the fishes now will only cause more stress to them and does not guaranteed the ich will not come back. The 1st one to be infected was my PBT, then follow by my blue hippo, and then it just spread after that. In the past, in my old tank was also the same and as long as they are eating well, they should recover on their own....keeping my finger cross here so let's see how it goes....

As for UV, I think ekovalsky have answer why I'm not using a UV for this system as I'm running a Zeo system. I used an UV for my old system and can't honestly say it does any good/ nor bad.... :D
 
LOOK WHAT I FOUND?

LOOK WHAT I FOUND?

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No, not my wrasse nor hawkfish…. when I first saw that, they were my 1st suspects but what a relieved when I saw all my 3 Cleaner shrimps still out and about during feeding time. They are working overtime this few days from the ich as all the fishes are lining up to see em’ :p

Mmmm previously cannot find my 3 dartfish and now the 3 dartfishes is out and about :rollface: but the other one (loner) is nowhere to be seen…. :eek2: Love them dartfish as they are almost invisible most of the time but very quickly they will come out during feeding time. Guys, do you think if will be fine if I mix the Orange Dartfish?? The Orange species seems more daring and of course cheaper too :D

My Wrasse and Longnose is behaving so far and my Blenny is really hard at work picking out those algae between the cracks in the rocks.

The fishes affected by the white spots are still eating strongly so hoping for the best. Apart from my 2 Clown, the rest of my fishes have since join the ‘white spot’ gang :mad: The worst of the lot is my PBT and my Hippo Tang.

For such a sad day, I need some humor to cheer me up and my Turbos never fails me here …….

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That's definitely a molt! I see the same thing every week or two. I have four cleaner shrimps and have always worried they would be a snack for the dwarf lionfish, adult mystery wrasse, flame hawkfish, or pistol shrimp. But before long all of "Los Amigos" come out to eat.

Do you feed your cleaner shrimp ? I give them little bits of silverside or krill every few nights which they readily accept from my hand. I know they get scraps that fall to the bottom, but they really got large once I started giving them dedicated feedings at night. All four of mine are BIG.

PBT & Blue Hippo = Ich magnets. Those fish need better DNA... Probably stress of being in a new tank brought it out. Try adding some ginger to your food mix along with the garlic. Pretty sure that is one of the main ingredients Kordon uses in Ich-Attack.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12802618#post12802618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ekovalsky
Do you feed your cleaner shrimp ? I give them little bits of silverside or krill every few nights which they readily accept from my hand. I know they get scraps that fall to the bottom, but they really got large once I started giving them dedicated feedings at night. All four of mine are BIG.

PBT & Blue Hippo = Ich magnets. Those fish need better DNA... Probably stress of being in a new tank brought it out. Try adding some ginger to your food mix along with the garlic. Pretty sure that is one of the main ingredients Kordon uses in Ich-Attack.

Yeah, mine are all large too, been with me over a year...I don't feed them specifically but those guys will rush for food whenever it's feeding time, especially when I fed frozen brine shrimps. :p

Agree on PBT and Hippo...hmmm...first time I hear about using ginger mix in the food..!! u used the extract similar to garlic, I presume??
 
Ed, love the project! Have not been on here for quite some time looking at all the new projects because I've had enought projects on my own hands with buying/remodeling the house I'm in NOW! I just looked through the 39 pages and did come accross one thing that might relieve you about ur blenny....My tank no longer has algae and my blenny readily eats mysis/flake/pellets/etc...He seems to eat anything you throw at him and is one of my most aggressive/****y eaters. Good luck with the ich and hope you can nurse your fish back to full health!! Tagging along!
 
Thanks Dustin1300 and welcome to my thread...!! Good to hear about the blenny willing to take other type food once his natural food is gone...!! :)
 
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Lost my 2 of my Anthias to white spot…. Other still struggling… :sad2:

OK, some piece of good news..last night all 4 of my firefish finally group together and are out during feeding time… :bounce1:

Skimmer is skimming more skimmatte now that my fishes have settle in and of course from the additional feeding.

Apart from 2-3 pieces of my SPS which shows a slight sign of STN at the base, all my corals are coloring up nicely under Zeo and Solaris….. will be slowly bringing up my lights this week. :p Also ever since I run Solaris, my side glass panels does not have much algae growth â€"œ only towards the bottom so that’s great as I only need to wipe it down once a week, compare to previously every alternate day :thumbsup:
 
Ich saga outbreak continue and this morning found my Majestic on the sand bed hardly breathing … :sad2: Yesterday he was still eating healthy.

A depressing moment for me as he was my favorite angel amongst the rest…it’s moments like this that makes you wonder what you have done as everything was doing fine in the old tank :sad1:
 
hang in there Ed... with a big switch like this there's bound to be some issues. you'll get through it for sure and someday you'll look at your new tank and marvel at how much better it is than your old system.
 
Hey Ed, the tank is looking GREAT, sorry to hear about the fish passing! how is the Coris doing, my Ed has one that is about 7" he is my favorite, I would love to transfer him over to the new tank. I worry about the inverts. do you think he will eat yours?
 
Thanks.... trying to. Not easy going back every night & look at those fishes really makes my heart bleed as they are all with me over a year and 1 or 2 even more....

Will try adding ginger to my garlic tonight and see how it goes. Some guys say it might help and at this point, I will try almost anything
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12817520#post12817520 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edandsandy
Hey Ed, the tank is looking GREAT, sorry to hear about the fish passing! how is the Coris doing, my Ed has one that is about 7" he is my favorite, I would love to transfer him over to the new tank. I worry about the inverts. do you think he will eat yours?

So far Coris is doing great. He is one of the few that does not seem to be affected by the ich. Too early to tell if he will eat my inverts but he surely likes to bury himself in the sand daily and only comes out to play every couple of hours a day :p If you are planing to move your Coris over, make sure your aquascaping is secure, especially yours is about 7" already. :rollface:
 
More losses tonight when I came back from work last night…. My Kole Tang skin was peeling off his back (never seen anything like this in my 8 years in marine) and obviously eventually stop breathing… Also found my Flame Angel and my Royal Dottyback on the sand bed :sad1:

My Emperor is also not looking well and I don’t think he’s going to make it… :worried2: however surprisingly my PBT and Hippo Tang seems to be getting better as they are out more and eating more…. :spin3:

Funny thing is all my 4 firefish and Longnose hawk does not seem to be effected at all by the Ich??? :eek2:
 
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