good news

[bigmatt1992]

well i went away for the weeked came home today to find no signs of the green algea any were secound thing is the ich specs on the tang and blenny are completly gone still keeping them in the qurintine tank for the full week to be sure

 

[Tswifty]

Life cycle of the parasite. You'll more than likely see a stronger secondary infestation soon. Treating Ich is a slow process to ensure eradication.

Here's an article which "briefly" describes the life cycle... Although I don't really agree with their "Preventing Reinfestation" statements... like I said, the article briefly describes the parasite's life cycle.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ichparasiticdiseases/a/aa_cryptocaryon.htm

 

[Tswifty]

Here is the thread with some advice and links from the New to the Hobby forum.

Have ICH Looky Here

 

[bigmatt1992]

ok im going to leave the to in there new home for the full week week and a half and watch them closly to see if another out break happens

 

[cloakerpoked]

Give it a few more weeks than that. There's no harm in letting this thing run its course. GO SLOW!!!!

 

[Misled]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14510585#post14510585 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cloakerpoked
GO SLOW!!!!

+1

 

[bigmatt1992]

ok slow was my problem befor so slow i will take it. but if i leave on my lights i just notince this for more then 5 hours a little algea starts to show up

 

[buck50bmg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14510761#post14510761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigmatt1992
ok slow was my problem befor so slow i will take it. but if i leave on my lights i just notince this for more then 5 hours a little algea starts to show up

Ok

I have heard enough, STOP using tap water! If you cant afford it then maybe a freshwater tank is more for you. You owe it to the animals you keep to do your part and provide the correct environment.

As for the ick thing, read the articles. You need to leave the fish out of your display for a least the entire life cycle and then some to be sure and remember that 30 days is a good minimum, not all of the ich is at the same stage. That is the ONLY way to keep it from coming back.

Again as everyone here has told you, SLOW DOWN. You owe it to your animals and your wallet.

 

[Tswifty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14510194#post14510194 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigmatt1992
ok im going to leave the to in there new home for the full week week and a half and watch them closly to see if another out break happens

6 weeks minimum in QT In my opinion, and also you need to have your display running fallow (fishless) for the minimum 6 week time period as well. Otherwise you're fish will just become reinfected as soon as you add them back to the display. (Actually 12 weeks would ensure 100% eradication).

Originally posted</a> by greenbean36191:
To be 100% safe you would have to go 12 weeks. Ich has never been documented to live longer than 11 weeks without a host. In the vast majority of cases though, it doesn't live longer than 4 weeks without a host, which is why you see 6 weeks as the safe recommendation.

That quote is from this thread:

How long must a tank remain fishless

 

[bigmatt1992]

ok buck once agin im new i made a mistake srry im a noob at this did know it would have this big of effect on my tank no one ever warned me not like im trying to kill off my investment of more then 1k .. and one thing to add i picked up a 50 gallon plastic storge container i plan on goin and buying a ro unit or buying 50 gallons of ro water from aqua world i mean really in 17 just geting into it srry i made mistakes on it thats why its called learning thats why i post on here to get your guys knowlege and take it in and store it i am takeing it slow i been doing reading for the past 3 days trying to do stuff right i mean really give me a brake all i ask if for some advise and it seems like i get it from every one else and then i get maybe you should stick to fresh water ive had so many fresh water tanks i cant count them ive had fish from mated angles that never stop breading to the now illeage snakehead i know how to handle fresh water fish i wanted to try salt and all i ask for is a little help and guidece thats all thanks tswifty misled cloak atleast you guys are helping me fix my problem not yelling at me..... im srry if this comes off as snoty or rude or what not but im so fustraded with everyone telling me im messing up when i know im messing up and im correcting things as i go like i said i was miss informed by lfs. srry if this offends anyone im srry dont take it that way its just out of fustration of my self

 

[cloakerpoked]

Buck, you do need to relax a little bit I think. I understand your frustration, but RO water isn't going to magically fix all of the problems going on here, nor is it, in my opinion, the main problem. I have kept a successful reef tank for 2 years with tap water and phosban with no adverse effects to my animals. I've moved away from it now, for ease and to try to get even better quality water.

Personally, I don't think you let the tank cycle enough before adding a lot of livestock. Moving the rock from another tank still has the rock experiencing a lot of die off. I would guess that phosphates from feeding heavily, nitrates from the move, and the lack of RO water are all contributing to your slime algea problem. If you take measures to slow down, let the tank cycle, and just let it go for a while, then you will be fine. Cutting your light cycle back for a few weeks won't hurt. Keeping your animals in QT for 6 weeks will help a lot. Just slow everything down, and everything will get how you want it to be...a lot of this hobby is about being patient and diligent. You'll get it, just let it all slow down.

 

[superstein61]

Matt - I understand where Buck is coming from and I agree with him. Quite frankly, numerous people have given you advice over the past few months and the one constant was always SLOW DOWN / PATIENCE. I must have said this myself half a dozen times - but you never listened. Hence, I had stopped even bothering to post on your threads until now.

Personally I could care less how you burn thru whatever money you do have, after all the old saying goes a fool and his money is soon parted. But as Buck correctly pointed out, you owe it to the animals to do things the right way

Look on this thread alone. Your first post says you will keep the fish in QT a week. Tswifty posted 2 excellent links that if you read them, you would see that a week isn't even close. And how do I know you didn't read them - because you came back and said, ok, you will QT them for a week and a half when the minimum QT period is far greater than that.

Look, I know I am being harsh but IMO you deserve it. People have been more than willing here to give you advice but you continue to ignore it. Please don't take the advice people give you here so lightly. Please take the time to do some research on your own. Please go out and invest in a few good saltwater hobbiest books and read them before you continue to throw good money after bad. The way you are going now, if you don't change you will be back daily posting new problems. this is for your own good - please listen

 

[bigmatt1992]

cloak im cuting my light cycle down to around 5 hours to help the algea problem out im doing a massive water change with ro water comeing up and superstein i understand were buck is comeing from to its just that im fustrated at my self for leting this happen to my tank trust me i feel like a fool my nano was fine but i got all caught up in O BOY big tank BIG SPENDING TIME but when it shoulda been the oposit i know i know i know this now trust me i feel like a dumb a@# trust me and im leaving my tang and blenny in there till june 3 month to just make sure and im watching my tank for anyother issues like i said srry if any one took that personly srry agin im just so frustrated and stressed out from my mistakes its killing me between football and baseball and this tank im looseing my hair becouse im trying to do things perfect in all becouse i love each and everyone of them but you just gota understand i understand what i did and i post prevously im going to take it slowly and i plan on it im not adding any fish or inverts for a WHILE a long WHILE only thing i will be adding a few zoa thats it trust me i dont wanna loose money ether

 

[buck50bmg]

I may be hard but come on here.... we keep telling you to slow down down and do some research.

And this is a forum, not a cell phone. You cant take shortcuts in setting up a reef and Im tired of reading text message jargon on your posts. We speak English here, not text message. Your seventeen, type like you were taught.

 

[Stray32]

Take what we say with a grain of salt. Some of the things we say sound harsh, but I know I personally rushed into my first tank and thankfully I had very few problems, and I was thankful of the criticism I received from others. I did however learn a great deal from the guys on this forum. Research and patience are the two keys to having a successful reef tank.

We are all pulling for ya buddy.

 

[cloakerpoked]

I think that's the right way to approach this situation now Matt, but please, listen to everyone else. I also understand where they are coming from, and am frustrated that you haven't taken the advice that was very freely offered to you until now.

However, I do feel that we owe it to the animals to try to help Matt, even now, and should try to offer whatever advice we can, in hopes that he will follow through on it this time around.

Matt, please take the advice that has been given to you. There doesn't need to be any additions until you get everything together...After all, as the saying goes...Rome wasn't built in a day

 

[bigmatt1992]

ok buck maybe you should think befor you say something about my typing did you ever once think that i may have a hard time with spelling or something else did you ever once think that there might be a little difculty in english class for me did you ever once think that maybe people are all diffrent in how they do stuff soryy im not perfect buck.......... While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. ~Henry C. Link

 

[bigmatt1992]

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. ~Alexander Pope, in Swift, Miscellanies

 

[bigmatt1992]

thanks everyone im just a little fustrated that buck keep pointing out my spelling when he should not critazie when you dont even know me or my intalect all you know is im the dumb kid that F'ed up the tank a little im just a little offend by that last post

 

[jamesd74]

matt dont get all fustrated with everyone that "is picking on you" they are just alittle fed up with alot of people wanting to get into the hobby asking questions and then doing what they want to do. and as far as you playing the dumb kid, didnt you post in the screen name post that you are going to try and goto pitt for football? correct me if im wrong but dont you have to have an EDUCATION to get ijn even if they are getting a scholarship?????????????????? if anything you read in here rember this hobby isnt an overnight success. you will lose ALOT of money if you dont listen.