janakaybravo
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Help! I was successful in quarantining my fish in hypo - 1.009 - it's been exactly 30 days now. I lost two during the process probably due to secondary infections. Anyway, I got up this morning and noticed a few spots on the blue tang. I was so looking forward to getting them back in the display.
I have checked the sg twice a day, all parameters twice a day, not with those test sticks. Yesterday I accidentally raised the ph from 8.1 to 8.4 pretty fast by mistake. I haven't seen ich on the fish since three days after beginning this, Dec. 20. It's now Jan. 20 and suddenly I see ich on the blue tang. I'm sure the sg hasn't gone past 1.009 and maybe once at 1.010, which I quickly fixed.
I am using a refractrometer too.
Anyway, I have a chance to buy a female bellus from a friend for $100, my favorite fish. She will go straight into quarantine. Should I just add her to qt tank and start all over? I'm so dissappointed. I thought I had won the battle with ich. Could I just get rid of the blue tang? Do they have different kinds of ich? I know they're more susceptible to it, but I am determined to have a ich free display tank.
Any suggestions? Can I put some of the fish into the display now that have shown no signs of ich for the month? In fact, some of them never showed signs of ich like my foxface who is getting picked on in qt.
Jana
I have checked the sg twice a day, all parameters twice a day, not with those test sticks. Yesterday I accidentally raised the ph from 8.1 to 8.4 pretty fast by mistake. I haven't seen ich on the fish since three days after beginning this, Dec. 20. It's now Jan. 20 and suddenly I see ich on the blue tang. I'm sure the sg hasn't gone past 1.009 and maybe once at 1.010, which I quickly fixed.
I am using a refractrometer too.
Anyway, I have a chance to buy a female bellus from a friend for $100, my favorite fish. She will go straight into quarantine. Should I just add her to qt tank and start all over? I'm so dissappointed. I thought I had won the battle with ich. Could I just get rid of the blue tang? Do they have different kinds of ich? I know they're more susceptible to it, but I am determined to have a ich free display tank.
Any suggestions? Can I put some of the fish into the display now that have shown no signs of ich for the month? In fact, some of them never showed signs of ich like my foxface who is getting picked on in qt.
Jana