History from an earlier post:
As long as we're talking about Chromis...
I just acquired four from someone who tells me they purchased them three to four weeks ago from their LFS. I was excited because I figured at least these four made it past the first week when many seem to die.
However, when I went to pick them up, one of them had several large blotchy areas. The others seem normal, although there may be small patches starting to appear. I brought them home and kept them for a couple of days in a salt bucket treated with methylene blue. They've spent the last forty eight hours together in a ten-gallon quarantine tank.
They are active, and feed readily. Would you recommend a concentrated formalin dip, a prolonged low-dose formalin treatment in the quarantine tank, or some other measure(s)?
Current Status:
These 4 chromis are in a 10 gal quarantine tank. Bare bottom with PVC pieces, External filter for flow (with no media), and and airstone. Over the last eight days I've treated the tank with .5cc of formalin (about 20 drops) administered every other day.
Their condition seems stable, not getting noticeably better, but not declining. The patches are still visible.
Questions:
1.) Given there is no filter media of any sort, how often and how much water should I be changing to manage ammonia issues?
2.) What treatments should I consider?
Thanks!
As long as we're talking about Chromis...
I just acquired four from someone who tells me they purchased them three to four weeks ago from their LFS. I was excited because I figured at least these four made it past the first week when many seem to die.
However, when I went to pick them up, one of them had several large blotchy areas. The others seem normal, although there may be small patches starting to appear. I brought them home and kept them for a couple of days in a salt bucket treated with methylene blue. They've spent the last forty eight hours together in a ten-gallon quarantine tank.
They are active, and feed readily. Would you recommend a concentrated formalin dip, a prolonged low-dose formalin treatment in the quarantine tank, or some other measure(s)?
Current Status:
These 4 chromis are in a 10 gal quarantine tank. Bare bottom with PVC pieces, External filter for flow (with no media), and and airstone. Over the last eight days I've treated the tank with .5cc of formalin (about 20 drops) administered every other day.
Their condition seems stable, not getting noticeably better, but not declining. The patches are still visible.
Questions:
1.) Given there is no filter media of any sort, how often and how much water should I be changing to manage ammonia issues?
2.) What treatments should I consider?
Thanks!
