This is going to be my first time dealing with a new fish that has ich. Thank (Steve, God, Allah, ReefCentral - whoever you choose to thank for these sorts of things) that I decided not to gamble, and picked up a used 10gal tank to quarantine.
There's a juvenile Pygmy Angel and lawnmower blenny in there. The Angel literally looks like it's been laid on a plate and given a shake with the salt shaker. They're eating, but also hiding, and occasionally rubbing against things in the tank. I got them last Thursday, and dosed the tank with Prazipro on Sunday once they'd been eating well for a couple days. I only noticed the spots today, but I wasn't home at all yesterday.
I'm trying to figure out the least work for me, and least stressful on the fish, way to do this.
I have pretty well any option available to me. I have buckets to do tank transfer, uncontaminated and cycled media ready to go in a container, and a bottle of cupramine. These are two shy/nervous fish as it is, so I'd rather not be moving them back and forth between buckets for 2 weeks.
What I'm thinking:
I'll keep an eye on the angel for the next 2 days, and when I don't see spots on it, I'm going to transfer both fish into a bucket with a powerhead and heater.
They'll stay there for 3 days. In the mean time, the tank and filter will get emptied and cleaned out with a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water. I'll let it dry for 24 hours. (I assume ich can't survive vinegar and a dry tank?)
When I set the tank up again, I'll use hypo salinity to minimize the stress on the fish. (SG-1.008ish). Leave it like that for ~3 weeks, and in the 4th week, slowly start moving the salinity up to match my display.
Anything better I can do?
There's a juvenile Pygmy Angel and lawnmower blenny in there. The Angel literally looks like it's been laid on a plate and given a shake with the salt shaker. They're eating, but also hiding, and occasionally rubbing against things in the tank. I got them last Thursday, and dosed the tank with Prazipro on Sunday once they'd been eating well for a couple days. I only noticed the spots today, but I wasn't home at all yesterday.
I'm trying to figure out the least work for me, and least stressful on the fish, way to do this.
I have pretty well any option available to me. I have buckets to do tank transfer, uncontaminated and cycled media ready to go in a container, and a bottle of cupramine. These are two shy/nervous fish as it is, so I'd rather not be moving them back and forth between buckets for 2 weeks.
What I'm thinking:
I'll keep an eye on the angel for the next 2 days, and when I don't see spots on it, I'm going to transfer both fish into a bucket with a powerhead and heater.
They'll stay there for 3 days. In the mean time, the tank and filter will get emptied and cleaned out with a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water. I'll let it dry for 24 hours. (I assume ich can't survive vinegar and a dry tank?)
When I set the tank up again, I'll use hypo salinity to minimize the stress on the fish. (SG-1.008ish). Leave it like that for ~3 weeks, and in the 4th week, slowly start moving the salinity up to match my display.
Anything better I can do?
