MrTuskfish
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Memorial day weekend, we're waiting for friends and I'm on RC. I rarely drink martinis before 5PM; but am now going to make a very dry, and very large Cork Gin martini. Actually, a gibson.
Ich after a water change. Why !!!!
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Memorial day weekend, we're waiting for friends and I'm on RC. I rarely drink martinis before 5PM; but am now going to make a very dry, and very large Cork Gin martini. Actually, a gibson.
MrTuskfish
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I guess its time for everyone to join in and have a belt or two.
Velvet (oodinium) is tough to diagnose at first; its easy once you've seen it. It always appears a little different; but a head-on look, in good light, will show a satin-like coating , often coppery color. It may cover most of the fish or just patches; fish with velvet are very still and breathing heavily. A FW dip can give temporary relief; but the ONLY (IMO & IME) cure is copper in a QT. I'd like to see you try to save these fish; but if this is velvet, they probably won't last the night. Velvet can be fairly quiet for a while, like in your tank, but when it explodes---its often a tank wipe-out. Velvet, IMO, is much more common than reported. I think many tank wipe-outs attributed to ich are really velvet and its a huge reason to use a QT with all new fish. If you Google (images) "marine velvet", you should be able to know for sure what you have.
Velvet (oodinium) is tough to diagnose at first; its easy once you've seen it. It always appears a little different; but a head-on look, in good light, will show a satin-like coating , often coppery color. It may cover most of the fish or just patches; fish with velvet are very still and breathing heavily. A FW dip can give temporary relief; but the ONLY (IMO & IME) cure is copper in a QT. I'd like to see you try to save these fish; but if this is velvet, they probably won't last the night. Velvet can be fairly quiet for a while, like in your tank, but when it explodes---its often a tank wipe-out. Velvet, IMO, is much more common than reported. I think many tank wipe-outs attributed to ich are really velvet and its a huge reason to use a QT with all new fish. If you Google (images) "marine velvet", you should be able to know for sure what you have.
MrTuskfish
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Dying is a whole lot more stressful than being moved.
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agreed.. problem is or should i say was.. there realy is no way to catch these fish all at one time. i have many traps over the years that work.. this tank could not be dismantaled.. to much rock.. no where to put it ect.. so i tried the hypo which seemed the best option.. so now that it is almost down to 1.009 ... at 1.0010 now.. losses are emeprator, asfur, butterfly, mandiran, some blennies,.... looks like i might lose regal, back banded and tusk in next day or so.
i am setting up a hospital tank in the sump room in the basement today.. even if to late i can use to quarantine ect. going to get 55gallon. largest i can fit. wife will love to see other tank but feels sad for me as she knows some of these fish have been around for 17 years.. blue tangs older than my marriage of almost 20.. nuts... any ways..
if this is not ick after all... what do i put in the hosptial tank.. i expect to catch one or two fish a day.. I will do a search here.. but MR.tusk i have read a lot of your posts and you seem to be on top of this subject..
thanks
i am setting up a hospital tank in the sump room in the basement today.. even if to late i can use to quarantine ect. going to get 55gallon. largest i can fit. wife will love to see other tank but feels sad for me as she knows some of these fish have been around for 17 years.. blue tangs older than my marriage of almost 20.. nuts... any ways..
if this is not ick after all... what do i put in the hosptial tank.. i expect to catch one or two fish a day.. I will do a search here.. but MR.tusk i have read a lot of your posts and you seem to be on top of this subject..
thanks
