Come with me on my Custom 77 Gallon setup

[melev]

When treating a fish with hyposalinity, there is no reason to add copper as well. Just my humble opinion.

Garlic can be added to the food while you make it, or a few drops added each day when you thaw out the nightly portion.

 

[Stile2]

Thanks Marc and everyone for checking in.

 

[Stile2]

All the corals are back in the tank. I'll get some pictures tonight. Most of them seemed to do pretty well. My candy cane lost a little bit of flesh.

I'm cleaning out the hospital tank tonight and putting in the citron goby to start hypo treatment.

Keith

 

[xtrstangx]

Just do hypo.. Copper is tooo dangerous. Too much copper and it can kill the fish, too little copper and it won't kill the Ich.

 

[Stile2]

I agree, I'm am starting to drop salinity tomorrow night. I'll drop it to 1.009 and keep it there for four weeks.

Thanks
Keith

 

[goodblasson]

We need some pics of the corals in the display!!!! Wish I had some helpful advice but my battles against the ich army are always not in my favor! I personally dont think there is really a CURE for Ich. I think its all in the fishes ability to fight disease. In my opinion time is the only cure. Then again I am not a mainstream reefer. I do things differently.
By the way, your progress has really come along way.

 

[Cprowler]

Yes, pics.

 

[gkarshens]

Keith, the only problem with treating your one fish is that Ich is more than likely still present in your display. That means that after he comes out of hypo somewhat stressed and goes back into the display he will be exposed to it again. And now his immune system will be shocked from the hypo. The only way to avoid Ich is to hypo all fish before they go into the system.

 

[Stile2]

Gab,

That is one of my worries as well. I am treating the display with extra garlic, but I don't know if that will be effective. I haven't seem to come up with a good way to get rid of it in the display yet.

From what I have read in other threads QTing seems to kill as many fish as ich does by not QTing. I am very confused about the whole deal.

thanks for the kind words goodblasson

I'll get some pics of the corals as soon as they color up again.

Keith

 

[gkarshens]

I haven't either. That is why I quit QTing my new fish. It seemed harder on them than I wanted. So I have gone to feeding with garlic, UV, and lots of hope! So far I have only lost one fish to Ich.

 

[Stile2]

A couple of things have happened over the last few days.

The first one I am a bit embarassed about. I got a six line wrasse. A really beautiful fish. Now I know that I probably shouldn't have until I fixed the ich situation but I did anyway. (Flame suit on).

I got the citron goby and the royal gramma into the hospital tank and dropped the salinity to 1.020 today, and will continue to drop it over the next week.

And a small thing but I replaced my filters in the RO today.
I am going to set an alarm on my Outlook calendar to remind me to do it next time. I think it will be the only way I will remember.

Keith

 

[xtrstangx]

How are you dosing garlic to the tank? Are you directly adding it?

Did you find a source that directly states to add garlic straight to the tank or did you interpret "dosing garlic" that way?

I've heard of people doing it directly in the tank, but I've never seen an "expert" or an article recommend it. I've always just add garlic to the fish's food, that way they directly ingest the garlic.

 

[Stile2]

I doing both, direct dosing and soaking the food.

A person on the Fish Disease forum recommended it.

Keith

 

[xtrstangx]

Hmm, interesting. I'll have to try the direct dosing if I ever have an Ich problem.

 

[Stile2]

The hyposalinity treatment is going well. The hospital tank will be down to 1.009 today. then I start the 4 week count.

A page or so ago someone asked for some pic of my corals and things. Well here there are.

My first SPS from my 29 gallon. Acropora.

A small basslet

A bird's Nest and some Pink eyed Zoas (not a great pic)

My little Blenny

 

[Stile2]

I can't seem to get a good picture of my candy cane, it is so bright that it freaks out the camera.

My original Clam.

My original Clown

Favia

 

[Stile2]

I don't know the name of this. Anyone?

Hammerhead Coral

Montipora

Other Montipora

One of two peppermint shrimps

 

[Stile2]

Pink Pocillopora

Pink Zoas

Purple Something?

Six-Line Wrasse

Unknown Name coral

 

[Stile2]

This was the coral that was infested with red bugs, all of which are gone. I don't know the name

It was a lot more purple before the treatment, it should color back up soon.

What is left of my Xenia.

And finally a full tank shot, just the one side for now.

Thanks for playing.

Keith

 

[gkarshens]

Looking great!