So I have a fish QT program I have followed religiously for the last 7 years or so.
3 days metronidazole,
4 weeks copper
1 week prazi
No signs of ich until a couple weeks ago after I added about 50 corals at once. I am assuming it came in on the corals/rock attached to them. (I don't have a good coral QT program and need one now.)
I now have 1-4 spots of ich on my pbt and achilles. I was planning on seeing if the problem can stay at a low level and pretty much ignore it since pulling the fish would be difficult in the size tank I have and if it's just a low level problem, probably safer to let it lie.
The question is, when adding new fish, do I bother putting them through the copper or other ich treatment if ich is already in my tank? I want to add some pipes/mandarins which are a nuisance to QT.
Are there different, perhaps more virulent strains of ich that I would want to keep out and continue to QT as before, or if I have ich, I have ich, why poison the fish with copper or stress them with TTM?
thanks!
3 days metronidazole,
4 weeks copper
1 week prazi
No signs of ich until a couple weeks ago after I added about 50 corals at once. I am assuming it came in on the corals/rock attached to them. (I don't have a good coral QT program and need one now.)
I now have 1-4 spots of ich on my pbt and achilles. I was planning on seeing if the problem can stay at a low level and pretty much ignore it since pulling the fish would be difficult in the size tank I have and if it's just a low level problem, probably safer to let it lie.
The question is, when adding new fish, do I bother putting them through the copper or other ich treatment if ich is already in my tank? I want to add some pipes/mandarins which are a nuisance to QT.
Are there different, perhaps more virulent strains of ich that I would want to keep out and continue to QT as before, or if I have ich, I have ich, why poison the fish with copper or stress them with TTM?
thanks!
