ILikeTurtles
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Heres the story i had a bad ick outbreak in my old 125 gallon. I treated the whole tank with copper. I had some soft corals and a cppl shrimp and snails i put in a 55 gallon. the ick went away after about a week. I put the fish in with the corals in the 55 gallon after 3 weeks of no ick signs. i got a 150 gallon and restarted with new dead rock and dead sand. i then cycled the tank with ace hardware ammonia. after about 3 weeks the tank was cycled so i slowly put the fish and corals back in. everything was fine then bam bad ick out break and it looks a little differnt more stringy i guess. and the fish fins had some white looking disease on them as well. I did have a naso that had a little lymph on its fins but it was more wart looking than this. this is my first time trying to post pics i hope it works. I am really stressed right now because i know i cant catch these fish, my pillars of rocks are not moving. I lowered the salinity to 1009 and moved the corals and shrimp back to 55 gallon. so far the fish dont look worse or better.. Should i just keep fish in my dt and consistently run copper? There are so many variables to reef or fish only, such as fish only my rocks will get covered in algae {no snails or inverts). If the fish get used to their new home will they become more relaxed and the ick will be fought off by their immune systems? or should i treat it? Catching fish and running dt fallow for 3 months is not an option. Ive done this 2 times, i almost believe ick is in every system now, idk. Thanks for any help you guys can offer.