1. How old is this aquarium? Over a year and a half as FOWLR
2. If less than six months old, what is ammonia level? ammonia=0!
3. What is SG of this aquarium? How measured? hydrometer= 1.024
4. When was the last fish added to this aquarium? two weeks ago
5. Was it quarantined? If so, how? And how long? Was it prophylactically treated? How? no QT at all...no room/no extra equipment/ no extra money
6. If you are using a copper based medication, which one? How often do you measure level? When? nothing yet
7. If you are using hyposalinity, how did you calibrate your refractometer?NA
8. Please describe in detail, the appearance of the fish? If there is one or more pimples, are they lumpy? What color? Mimic tang= erratic swimming, scratching, hanging above rocks begging six-line to clean him! sitting directly in flow from ac70 and hovering in flow. has white spots on finnage, black spots beside gill plates on his side and white spots on side fins. noticed new spots as of 30 mins ago.
9. Please describe the behavior of the fish as best you can. Is it acting reclusive? Is it always up towards the top of the aquarium? Is it avoiding light? How active is the fish? eating fine and not reclusive see #8
10. Is the fish eating? What? Yes he is eating Ocean nutrition prime reef flakes
I believe the Ich was brought in on two juvenile ocellaris clowns purchased two weeks ago...one died on day three of getting them one on day four, Local fish store was nice enough to give me credit for both and I turned around and got a firefish and bar goby instead....please dont flame me about selection or having a tang in a 20gallon tall. I purchased this fowlr from someone who already had the mimic tang. I brought home the tank when It was already over a year old, This is my first sw tank and have made purchases to make it my own, added a dual bulb t5ho for adding mushrooms and added more LR, added a cuc because tank had none when I got it, added a heater, it had never had one in over a year, added a better filtration system, tank has been cleaned and maintained since bringing home...it had never had a water change ever! I do a wc every two weeks 20%, List of livestock is as follows...
1. mimic tang 3.5"
2. small sixline wrasse,
3. bar goby
4. firefish
5. chocolate chip starfish
6. 8 small hermits
7. 3 astrea snails
8. two sandsifting snails
9. 7 smallish brown mushrooms
10. about 20lbs of lr.
ac70 with floss, visitherm 100watt heater, 8 or 9 coco worms and small anemones on lr.
I have read thru all stickies, what is my best course for getting rid of ICH?
I have thought about making a hosp/qt tank out of a rubbermaid tote/ keep fish out of dt for 8-10 weeks....but will ICH effect cuc/starfish/ lr??? Or does the dt only need the actual four fish moved to hosp? I would do a wc in tote/aquarium every two days if need be, or whats the best way to start a hosp/qt and not stress out the livestock? I could put a older hob on the tote then let ich drop off of fish and move to a new tote every three days? i only live 4 miles form FS and could buy fresh sw for new tank swap to rid fish of ich. HELP I am having my heart stomped on every time I watch my fav fish (tang) act like hes crazy! all other fish have no signs of ich/scratching/erratic behavior.... Josh
2. If less than six months old, what is ammonia level? ammonia=0!
3. What is SG of this aquarium? How measured? hydrometer= 1.024
4. When was the last fish added to this aquarium? two weeks ago
5. Was it quarantined? If so, how? And how long? Was it prophylactically treated? How? no QT at all...no room/no extra equipment/ no extra money
6. If you are using a copper based medication, which one? How often do you measure level? When? nothing yet
7. If you are using hyposalinity, how did you calibrate your refractometer?NA
8. Please describe in detail, the appearance of the fish? If there is one or more pimples, are they lumpy? What color? Mimic tang= erratic swimming, scratching, hanging above rocks begging six-line to clean him! sitting directly in flow from ac70 and hovering in flow. has white spots on finnage, black spots beside gill plates on his side and white spots on side fins. noticed new spots as of 30 mins ago.
9. Please describe the behavior of the fish as best you can. Is it acting reclusive? Is it always up towards the top of the aquarium? Is it avoiding light? How active is the fish? eating fine and not reclusive see #8
10. Is the fish eating? What? Yes he is eating Ocean nutrition prime reef flakes
I believe the Ich was brought in on two juvenile ocellaris clowns purchased two weeks ago...one died on day three of getting them one on day four, Local fish store was nice enough to give me credit for both and I turned around and got a firefish and bar goby instead....please dont flame me about selection or having a tang in a 20gallon tall. I purchased this fowlr from someone who already had the mimic tang. I brought home the tank when It was already over a year old, This is my first sw tank and have made purchases to make it my own, added a dual bulb t5ho for adding mushrooms and added more LR, added a cuc because tank had none when I got it, added a heater, it had never had one in over a year, added a better filtration system, tank has been cleaned and maintained since bringing home...it had never had a water change ever! I do a wc every two weeks 20%, List of livestock is as follows...
1. mimic tang 3.5"
2. small sixline wrasse,
3. bar goby
4. firefish
5. chocolate chip starfish
6. 8 small hermits
7. 3 astrea snails
8. two sandsifting snails
9. 7 smallish brown mushrooms
10. about 20lbs of lr.
ac70 with floss, visitherm 100watt heater, 8 or 9 coco worms and small anemones on lr.
I have read thru all stickies, what is my best course for getting rid of ICH?
I have thought about making a hosp/qt tank out of a rubbermaid tote/ keep fish out of dt for 8-10 weeks....but will ICH effect cuc/starfish/ lr??? Or does the dt only need the actual four fish moved to hosp? I would do a wc in tote/aquarium every two days if need be, or whats the best way to start a hosp/qt and not stress out the livestock? I could put a older hob on the tote then let ich drop off of fish and move to a new tote every three days? i only live 4 miles form FS and could buy fresh sw for new tank swap to rid fish of ich. HELP I am having my heart stomped on every time I watch my fav fish (tang) act like hes crazy! all other fish have no signs of ich/scratching/erratic behavior.... Josh
My success rate seems largely dependent upon how fast I detect Ich and then begin treatment. Timing is everything, you have to move with a sense of urgency once you see Ich.
