falconut
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Okay, recently moved all my fish from my 90 gallon over to a new 180 gallon. Went from reef to fish only this time. I added a few fish after treating and everything was looking great.
The problem came when I used another local store. This store uses large vats to quarantine all the incoming fish. Sometimes they medicate and sometimes they don't depending on how they look. I was told that the fish I wanted were done quarantine and ready to go, so I picked up two butterflies. They didn't require treatment through quarantine.
They told me they were fine to place directly into my display, so I did. I turned the lights off after adding them, so didn't really get a good look at them. The next day I was able to inspect them and to my surprise they had some ich spots on them and there mouths were seriously bruised. I immediately pulled both the fish and through into my QT tank. I did contact the store and they said I could exchange them for something else.
They had an angel and a different butterfly I liked that were in a separate vat. So, I inspected them better this time and was told they had them for 10 weeks. Again, directly that they were fine to go right into my display tank.
The one thing I noticed over the next few days was that the angel would shake his head back and forth when eating food. And didn't really eat very much. After several days he just stopped eating, but was shaking his head more. So, I did a little research and most noted as a sign of flukes. I managed to get him out several days later and did a f/w dip. Yep, after a 5 minute dip there were some flukes at the bottom of the container. The angle went to a separate tank, but perished a few days later.
I started to noticed some of the other fish now had slightly torn or semi cloudy fins. So, I dosed the 180 with prazipro and all of the fish slowly started to look better. So, after treatment I fired up the skimmer and they were looking good. Well, except I noticed a couple of my fish had a couple spots.
Great, I guess the B/Fs were in my tank long enough. Only a couple tiny spots here and there. Since everybody recommends not to treat a DT I just waited. The spots slowly disappeared and finely went away. I know the cycle of these little buggers. After a week or so, I now notice that about 4-5 of the fish have spots again. So, looks like it's here to stay.
I still have the 90 gallon tank setup with just sand on the bottom and a single fish in it. I'm guessing the best method would be to transfer the fish to the 90 and treat with cupramine. To avoid destroying my nitrifying bacteria, I'd prefer to leave the sand in the tank and just add some PVC fittings. I know I'll have to add more to get the correct level, but would there be any other negatives to doing this? I'd be moving a flame angel, female BT trigger, yellow tang, male lyretail anthias, leopard wrasse, blue chromis, green chromis, watchman goby, saddled BF, blueline BF, longnose hawk and small hippo tang.
Any advise would be appreciated.
The problem came when I used another local store. This store uses large vats to quarantine all the incoming fish. Sometimes they medicate and sometimes they don't depending on how they look. I was told that the fish I wanted were done quarantine and ready to go, so I picked up two butterflies. They didn't require treatment through quarantine.
They told me they were fine to place directly into my display, so I did. I turned the lights off after adding them, so didn't really get a good look at them. The next day I was able to inspect them and to my surprise they had some ich spots on them and there mouths were seriously bruised. I immediately pulled both the fish and through into my QT tank. I did contact the store and they said I could exchange them for something else.
They had an angel and a different butterfly I liked that were in a separate vat. So, I inspected them better this time and was told they had them for 10 weeks. Again, directly that they were fine to go right into my display tank.
The one thing I noticed over the next few days was that the angel would shake his head back and forth when eating food. And didn't really eat very much. After several days he just stopped eating, but was shaking his head more. So, I did a little research and most noted as a sign of flukes. I managed to get him out several days later and did a f/w dip. Yep, after a 5 minute dip there were some flukes at the bottom of the container. The angle went to a separate tank, but perished a few days later.
I started to noticed some of the other fish now had slightly torn or semi cloudy fins. So, I dosed the 180 with prazipro and all of the fish slowly started to look better. So, after treatment I fired up the skimmer and they were looking good. Well, except I noticed a couple of my fish had a couple spots.
Great, I guess the B/Fs were in my tank long enough. Only a couple tiny spots here and there. Since everybody recommends not to treat a DT I just waited. The spots slowly disappeared and finely went away. I know the cycle of these little buggers. After a week or so, I now notice that about 4-5 of the fish have spots again. So, looks like it's here to stay.
I still have the 90 gallon tank setup with just sand on the bottom and a single fish in it. I'm guessing the best method would be to transfer the fish to the 90 and treat with cupramine. To avoid destroying my nitrifying bacteria, I'd prefer to leave the sand in the tank and just add some PVC fittings. I know I'll have to add more to get the correct level, but would there be any other negatives to doing this? I'd be moving a flame angel, female BT trigger, yellow tang, male lyretail anthias, leopard wrasse, blue chromis, green chromis, watchman goby, saddled BF, blueline BF, longnose hawk and small hippo tang.
Any advise would be appreciated.
