I'm so sad, I just lost a red firefish, neon goby, and royal gramma to ich 
They had all been in my 10 gallon quarantine tank for a little under a week, and I'd been monitoring them every day. They seemed fine, no flashing, scratching, fast breathing and I hadn't noticed any visible signs of illness.
One morning 3 of the 4 fish showed strong visible signs of ich. I added cupramine to raise the copper to .025ppm. The next morning I was very surprised to see that things had gotten worse not better, and then it hit me that I had forgotten to remove the carbon from my HOB filter.
I removed the carbon and dosed cupramine again to raise to .025ppm. By this time one of the fish was floating around the tank struggling to swim properly, and another was scratching a little and otherwise scrunched down on the bottom of the tank. However, all fish were still eating, so I had hope for them. However, by that night they were looking pretty bad, and the next morning they were dead. The only survivor was a bangai cardinal, who seemed to be pretty much unscathed, though it's hard to see visible signs of ich on him due to his coloration.
Obviously I should have removed the carbon, but I was surprised to see things go bad so fast. Please help me learn from this experience! Is there something else I may be missing, or can ich really take fish that fast?
This is an established 10 gallon quarantine tank with stable parameters. This morning's test results are what I expected (salifert tests):
PH 8.0
Salinity 1.023
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
They had all been in my 10 gallon quarantine tank for a little under a week, and I'd been monitoring them every day. They seemed fine, no flashing, scratching, fast breathing and I hadn't noticed any visible signs of illness.
One morning 3 of the 4 fish showed strong visible signs of ich. I added cupramine to raise the copper to .025ppm. The next morning I was very surprised to see that things had gotten worse not better, and then it hit me that I had forgotten to remove the carbon from my HOB filter.
I removed the carbon and dosed cupramine again to raise to .025ppm. By this time one of the fish was floating around the tank struggling to swim properly, and another was scratching a little and otherwise scrunched down on the bottom of the tank. However, all fish were still eating, so I had hope for them. However, by that night they were looking pretty bad, and the next morning they were dead. The only survivor was a bangai cardinal, who seemed to be pretty much unscathed, though it's hard to see visible signs of ich on him due to his coloration.
Obviously I should have removed the carbon, but I was surprised to see things go bad so fast. Please help me learn from this experience! Is there something else I may be missing, or can ich really take fish that fast?
This is an established 10 gallon quarantine tank with stable parameters. This morning's test results are what I expected (salifert tests):
PH 8.0
Salinity 1.023
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
