Picked up a trigger the other day and stuck it into my DT with no qt. Now the said trigger has ich. I am really not looking forward to catching all the fish in the tank its a 155g bow with about 10 in there. My question is this. Besides my two shrimp, if I remove all the coral and stick it in a qt tank, would I be ok applying cholorquine phosphate to the display tank? I understand it kills quite a bit of algae. In cases where people have applied it to a dt tank, they had snails and other small inverts that I do not have. Once the corals and two shrimp are out, all im left with is some rocks.
Looks like I will need to go Fallow
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Deinonych
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I wouldn't treat the DT with chloroquine phosphate. The rocks could absorb some of the compound, reducing the concentration and effectiveness of the dose. Since there is no test for CP, you wouldn't be able to monitor the concentration. Best to treat in a QT and let the DT go fallow for 9+ weeks.
MrTuskfish
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+1 CP works in a QT very well. But it will kill about everything in your DT. All algae, good bacteria, most inverts, etc. Your LR will likely become dead rock and an ammonia spike is likely. You can't do this hobby right without a QT/HT. But that doesn't mean most people (including me, years ago.) won't try.
Yes, but im not sure if you guys are following correctly. I'd be moving all corals and inverts to my QT instead of all my fish. At the current state that my QT is in, I feel keeping corals for a extended period of time would be much easier than keeping fish in it. From what i've read, CP does not affect biofilter, but does act as a algaecide. Mass die offs from algae in my main tank, I think my biofilter can handle. Any sort of die off in my small 29g that will be close to newly cycled, would mean disaster.
Deinonych
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I follow your logic. However, the fact remains that there is no test for CP (unless you have access to a spectrophotometer), and it is unclear whether live rock will absorb some, all or none of the CP dosed. Also, I wouldn't assume that your biofilter could absorb the ammonia spike. There will likely be a significant loss to the biodiversity of your tank, including the benthic microfauna that inhabits your LR.
For me, that's too many variables. But, it's not my tank and you might be more willing to play the odds.
For me, that's too many variables. But, it's not my tank and you might be more willing to play the odds.
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