Moving Tips

[Deadeye]

Well, I am getting ready to move to a new duplex. I am going to set up a 125 at the new place and transfer everything in my 75 to it (about 15 minute drive). I have an additional 80 pounds of live sand (bag stuff).

Anyone have any tips for the move? I have lots of buckets. I believe one fish may have ich or some sort of skin parasite/disease, should I go ahead and set up a quarntein for when I move or just let the skunk cleaners and garlic gaurd handle it?

 

[triggerjay]

I would quarrantine him, but if he has ich, It would be safe to say all your fish in the tank prob. have it, and you would have to leave the tank fishless for a few weeks to kill it, assuming you have a reef tank... If its a fish only tank, you can treat the tank, but it could harm the bb in your live rock...

Jason

 

[Deadeye]

Yes, most tanks have ich in them I believe, it just takes certain stressors to make it come out. I have just used garlic before in other tanks and the fish no longer have it or atleast the white spot stage and it doesn't come back, even though most say just garlic is not a cure. I think sometimes it can help the fish beat the disease and not get it again. Am I maybe right or am I just hoping for something that isn't true? I think it is more stressful to put fish in a small quarantien tank for 6 weeks and treat with copper, I think this has more of a chance of doing harm. Plus I would think my skunk cleaners would help to keep the fish clean, hopefully anyways. By the way it is a reef tank, it is my 75, and everything will be moving to a 125 at a different location in about 2 weeks (creating more stress).

 

[fewells]

Yayyyy stress. It brings out the best in us all. I would qt.

 

[Deadeye]

Ok, so it looks like I need some rubbermaids and some cycled water donated to me. I have a heater but should I put a HOB filter on it, I could use my old skilter I guess.

What medication should I Use? and where do I get it?

 

[Deadeye]

six weeks with no fish in my tank

 

[triggerjay]

what size is your qt tank? I would leave the tank bare bottom, with some PVC fittings for the fish to hide in. You can use a powerhead for circulation, or a HOB filter, but you will need to closely monitor your ammonia levels, and do lots of water changes. The heater is also a must. You dont need cycled water for a QT tank... just 24hrs mixed... but WATCH THE AMMONIA LEVELS! Keep feeding to a minimum when they are in QT.. less food = less ammonia...

Jason

 

[Deadeye]

I have read using cycled water from another persons tank can help make it easier. I was planning on just buying some rubbermaids as big as I could get. I need one for a very large tang. Then I plan on getting rid of 2 pink skunk clowns. Then I have a scooter blenny, royal gramm, 2 ocellerius clowns. I am definitly keeping the large tang and the scooter blenny. I am not sure about the other clowns and gramma if I want to keep them, becuase I would like to just have less fish in the tank.

The pink clowns were in an anemone but they are all up in my coral, so they gotta go.

 

[Deadeye]

I got a pretty close look at the tang and it looks fine. I never really got a good look before, I assumed what I saw might possibly be ich before, but he might have just looked funny from stress? (this was just after I put him in his new home) I don't know, I'll have some more people look at him.

I might qt just in case but don't really want too.