Ich
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ericarenee
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I think we need a bit more of a story and maybe some images would be helpful.. From your info above we do not even know if there was water in your tank other then they lived a few days...
HOW BIG IS THE TANK?
What type of Equipment is in the tank?
How long has it been sit up?
What are the water parameters?
How long did you put the fish in after it cycled?
HOW WERE THE FISH ACTING?
Did they have spots?
Did they have cotton looking growth?
Where they Breathing HARD?
Was your tank setup on the moon in a past tank Life?
Images help very much as well... Please reply to get proper help
HOW BIG IS THE TANK?
What type of Equipment is in the tank?
How long has it been sit up?
What are the water parameters?
How long did you put the fish in after it cycled?
HOW WERE THE FISH ACTING?
Did they have spots?
Did they have cotton looking growth?
Where they Breathing HARD?
Was your tank setup on the moon in a past tank Life?
Images help very much as well... Please reply to get proper help
My tank was cycle for a whole month and i got them like 2 day after my tank was cycle , i have 20 pound of live rock, 80 pound of live sand
My tank size is 55g
Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite-0ppm
Nitrate- 10ppm
The clown fish was hidding behind the rock and the yellow tang was just swimming around , i starter sawing white spot on the yellow tang
I didnt see nothing on the clown fish cause it die after two day being in the tank.
ericarenee
New member
Then there is a good chance it could have been ich... If so you will need to leave your tank Fish-less for a while to insure the ich parasites die out. They are saying around 70 days with no fish.. To me that seems long. But gives the parasite time to run cycle several times. If you have no corals or inverts it could be safe doing hypo treatment on the fishless tank and Increasing your heat to above 84 the increase temp will speed up the parasite life cycle and the hypo salinity will insure the parasites all die.. This Could get you a ich clean tank in half the time..
i AM SURE Others will Reply and maybe disagree with Reasons why the 72 is a must no matter what...
Sorry for your loss. YOUR FISH Brought the ich... QT QT QT QT ... Is almost always a Must..
i AM SURE Others will Reply and maybe disagree with Reasons why the 72 is a must no matter what...
Sorry for your loss. YOUR FISH Brought the ich... QT QT QT QT ... Is almost always a Must..
I didnt know i had to qt fish , cuase im just starting to get into the reef tank
I just learn my lesson right there
CStrickland
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A lot of people learn this one the hard way 
I think the advice you got in your other threads about this is good advice, and the links posted there will help you understand what happened. The idea is that you can't be sure it wasn't ich, so it is better to be cautious and do the full treatment than take a chance on a shortcut and lose more fish.
When we are noobs we are better doing everything by the book, and later when we are experts maybe we can skip QT or something because we know what's up.
I think the advice you got in your other threads about this is good advice, and the links posted there will help you understand what happened. The idea is that you can't be sure it wasn't ich, so it is better to be cautious and do the full treatment than take a chance on a shortcut and lose more fish.
When we are noobs we are better doing everything by the book, and later when we are experts maybe we can skip QT or something because we know what's up.
ericarenee
New member
A lot of people learn this one the hard way
I think the advice you got in your other threads about this is good advice, and the links posted there will help you understand what happened. The idea is that you can't be sure it wasn't ich, so it is better to be cautious and do the full treatment than take a chance on a shortcut and lose more fish.
When we are noobs we are better doing everything by the book, and later when we are experts maybe we can skip QT or something because we know what's up.
This is true... I QT Everything now days. I have a lot of Tangs in my Tank..
Its a ICH MAGNET FACTORY. With NO ICH
:hammer:
:fish1:
:frog: Parasite
A lot of people learn this one the hard way
I think the advice you got in your other threads about this is good advice, and the links posted there will help you understand what happened. The idea is that you can't be sure it wasn't ich, so it is better to be cautious and do the full treatment than take a chance on a shortcut and lose more fish.
When we are noobs we are better doing everything by the book, and later when we are experts maybe we can skip QT or something because we know what's up.
Thank you for the advice
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