I was given a 75 gallon three months ago, and it had fish in coral in it. After transferring, things went smooth for a week or so, no ammonia, and then the ich started popping up. Being I was given this tank, I figured that was a risk of taking it on.
I figured I wanted to start a new, and quarantine. I upgrade to a 180 gallon, I transferred all of the live rock, and coral into this new tank, leaving the fish behind in the original barebottom 75. (sand was discarded, new sand went into 180)
It has been three weeks, the main 180, where the existing rock and coral (ich contaminants) has been without a fish. I plan on going 9 weeks, or 72 days.
Now for the treatment tank, although the tank was up and running, because it was my initial display, I was weary of the tank cycling. (ripped all the rock and sand out) I did place in pvc pieces for hiding spots.
For filtration, I used a ten gallon tank as a sump, and added a penguin hang on back filter, and the sponge in there, was running on the display for months, and I kept it wet in order to preserve bacteria. Other than that, its the HOB filter, whatever bacteria is on the glass, pcv, and that's it.
I feed once a day, brine and Mysis mix, along with nori. Fish seem fine.
I am at about .5 or so cupramine, and went thru two doses of prazi in the beginning.
Figuring since the tank is fallow and I am using copper, and plan to treat all fish from now on in this 75, I figured I would get my dream fish, an Achilles tang. Knowing he would probably duel it out with other tangs in small 75, with no rock, I went and bought a 20 gallon tank, and swapped it out for the ten in the sump. I filled with seawater and necessary copper, and placed the Achilles in the 20 gallon sump by himself.
The tank runs 78 degree, .5 cupramine, and sg right now is 1.022. As I get closer to placing them back in, I will increase salinity 1 point a week during water change.
Question I have is, how long do I need to keep cupramine in there. Since going in there, it has been .5, and I placed the Achilles in two days ago, where cupramine was still .5
If the ich can hang onto a fish for 2-7 days, I figured I would need at least 5 more days of copper to kill any fish that drops off him.
Is my understanding correct, or do I need intervention? By then, the total copper time would be 4 weeks. I don't want to keep them in copper the entire 9 weeks of fallow time in main tank, but don't want to cut myself short either.
Also I know flow is big with Achilles, between the 500 gph return pump coming thru the sump (25x over turn in 20 gallon,) I also have the hang on back waterfalling water back into the 20, so there is a fair amount of turbulence, air bubbles etc.
Lastly, my plan is, since the main tank is a set up new tank with matured live rock, add two fish back to display 2 per week max. Once I hit that 7 week mark fallow time, I will take two, least aggressive fish, and start ttm in rubber maids.
Any other suggestions or plan changes would be appreciated.
I figured I wanted to start a new, and quarantine. I upgrade to a 180 gallon, I transferred all of the live rock, and coral into this new tank, leaving the fish behind in the original barebottom 75. (sand was discarded, new sand went into 180)
It has been three weeks, the main 180, where the existing rock and coral (ich contaminants) has been without a fish. I plan on going 9 weeks, or 72 days.
Now for the treatment tank, although the tank was up and running, because it was my initial display, I was weary of the tank cycling. (ripped all the rock and sand out) I did place in pvc pieces for hiding spots.
For filtration, I used a ten gallon tank as a sump, and added a penguin hang on back filter, and the sponge in there, was running on the display for months, and I kept it wet in order to preserve bacteria. Other than that, its the HOB filter, whatever bacteria is on the glass, pcv, and that's it.
I feed once a day, brine and Mysis mix, along with nori. Fish seem fine.
I am at about .5 or so cupramine, and went thru two doses of prazi in the beginning.
Figuring since the tank is fallow and I am using copper, and plan to treat all fish from now on in this 75, I figured I would get my dream fish, an Achilles tang. Knowing he would probably duel it out with other tangs in small 75, with no rock, I went and bought a 20 gallon tank, and swapped it out for the ten in the sump. I filled with seawater and necessary copper, and placed the Achilles in the 20 gallon sump by himself.
The tank runs 78 degree, .5 cupramine, and sg right now is 1.022. As I get closer to placing them back in, I will increase salinity 1 point a week during water change.
Question I have is, how long do I need to keep cupramine in there. Since going in there, it has been .5, and I placed the Achilles in two days ago, where cupramine was still .5
If the ich can hang onto a fish for 2-7 days, I figured I would need at least 5 more days of copper to kill any fish that drops off him.
Is my understanding correct, or do I need intervention? By then, the total copper time would be 4 weeks. I don't want to keep them in copper the entire 9 weeks of fallow time in main tank, but don't want to cut myself short either.
Also I know flow is big with Achilles, between the 500 gph return pump coming thru the sump (25x over turn in 20 gallon,) I also have the hang on back waterfalling water back into the 20, so there is a fair amount of turbulence, air bubbles etc.
Lastly, my plan is, since the main tank is a set up new tank with matured live rock, add two fish back to display 2 per week max. Once I hit that 7 week mark fallow time, I will take two, least aggressive fish, and start ttm in rubber maids.
Any other suggestions or plan changes would be appreciated.
