All I planned on doing this summer was take out my three fish from my DT, treat them for persistent Ick thats been kept at bay with a UV pump, and while the fish were in a QT, buy another QT, order fish and finally get my DT finished. Its been nothing but a waste of time.
I started all this in mid May after 3 weeks getting all the fish out the tank with a trap. I tried multiple rounds of NLS Ick Shield at 40 mg per gallon, and some rounds at 60 mg / gallon. When it looked like my fish were cured, the clownfish kept getting sick. Couldn't tell if it was Ick or brook or velvet or flukes or whatever else these things catch. Tried fresh water dips, Paraguard dips, formalin dips, treated with Prazipro, did the TTM over several weeks with a total of 7 transfers. Each transfer used cleaned equipment that had been previously bleached and air dried for more than a day. Used new air stones and tubing every time. Finally looked like the clown was ok. After 4 months, constant water changes, managing two tanks with the other QT going through the same treatments including TTM, all the money on supplies, drugs, everything else, I put the fish back in the DT. And the clown still gets Ick. DT was fallow for 4 months, so it didn't come from that. the new fish never showed signs and received treatment anyway. Even my royal gramma is showing spots and flashing.
I don't see how you guys keep going with this. I feel nothing but defeated, and have lost all interest in this now. I've never not had sick fish. My first fish I bought, I payed the fish store, Quantum Reefs in Virginia, to quarantine and treat the fish I selected only to pick them, put them in my tank, and infect it immediately. I frankly wish all the fish would have died at this point so I could just start over. Either that or just sell everything I have and give up.
I started all this in mid May after 3 weeks getting all the fish out the tank with a trap. I tried multiple rounds of NLS Ick Shield at 40 mg per gallon, and some rounds at 60 mg / gallon. When it looked like my fish were cured, the clownfish kept getting sick. Couldn't tell if it was Ick or brook or velvet or flukes or whatever else these things catch. Tried fresh water dips, Paraguard dips, formalin dips, treated with Prazipro, did the TTM over several weeks with a total of 7 transfers. Each transfer used cleaned equipment that had been previously bleached and air dried for more than a day. Used new air stones and tubing every time. Finally looked like the clown was ok. After 4 months, constant water changes, managing two tanks with the other QT going through the same treatments including TTM, all the money on supplies, drugs, everything else, I put the fish back in the DT. And the clown still gets Ick. DT was fallow for 4 months, so it didn't come from that. the new fish never showed signs and received treatment anyway. Even my royal gramma is showing spots and flashing.
I don't see how you guys keep going with this. I feel nothing but defeated, and have lost all interest in this now. I've never not had sick fish. My first fish I bought, I payed the fish store, Quantum Reefs in Virginia, to quarantine and treat the fish I selected only to pick them, put them in my tank, and infect it immediately. I frankly wish all the fish would have died at this point so I could just start over. Either that or just sell everything I have and give up.
