Hello all,
In the last 4 days, my wife and I have lost 4 fish. About a week and a half ago, we noticed the dreaded white spots of Ich and I came here for any recomendations as to the best way to treat the situation and decided to try the kick-ich approach. Things were ok for a few days and then it all broke loose.First off, we lost a half black angel and a flame angel that didn't even appear to have the spots, next to go was a supposedly hardy black and white damsel, and just this morning, our beloved rabbit fish, who incidently, was the first to exhibit signs of Ich.
We are left with a blue damsel and our sailfin tang who incidently, was the second fish to exhibit signs of Ich. The blue damsel has what appears to be a white-ish film developing on his sides but not acting any differently otherwise and the tang appears to be free of any spots and or films. All the tests that I have say the water is fine;s.g.-1.024, ph-8.3, ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-5-10ppm, calcium-400-450ppm, phosphate-.5ppm. There are mushrooms, some type of clam(or at least something living in a clam shell) and a little palm tree looking thing, that are spreading so I'm inclined to believe the water is pretty decent. Also, purple, burgundy, and green algae are thriving, probably due to the lack of a protein skimmer but again, I'm inclined to think the water quality is not the problem.One more piece of info,
when the angels died(r.i.p.) they were not dead more than ten or eleven hours and when I tried to net them, they litterally fell apart in and around the net, absolute disintegration( I know it's nasty). I was totally shocked by that development. Anyway, I hope that someone has some info that can help before we lose the whole tank. Thanks, Ken
In the last 4 days, my wife and I have lost 4 fish. About a week and a half ago, we noticed the dreaded white spots of Ich and I came here for any recomendations as to the best way to treat the situation and decided to try the kick-ich approach. Things were ok for a few days and then it all broke loose.First off, we lost a half black angel and a flame angel that didn't even appear to have the spots, next to go was a supposedly hardy black and white damsel, and just this morning, our beloved rabbit fish, who incidently, was the first to exhibit signs of Ich.
We are left with a blue damsel and our sailfin tang who incidently, was the second fish to exhibit signs of Ich. The blue damsel has what appears to be a white-ish film developing on his sides but not acting any differently otherwise and the tang appears to be free of any spots and or films. All the tests that I have say the water is fine;s.g.-1.024, ph-8.3, ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-5-10ppm, calcium-400-450ppm, phosphate-.5ppm. There are mushrooms, some type of clam(or at least something living in a clam shell) and a little palm tree looking thing, that are spreading so I'm inclined to believe the water is pretty decent. Also, purple, burgundy, and green algae are thriving, probably due to the lack of a protein skimmer but again, I'm inclined to think the water quality is not the problem.One more piece of info,
when the angels died(r.i.p.) they were not dead more than ten or eleven hours and when I tried to net them, they litterally fell apart in and around the net, absolute disintegration( I know it's nasty). I was totally shocked by that development. Anyway, I hope that someone has some info that can help before we lose the whole tank. Thanks, Ken
