andrewkw
Active member
I've had a 6" Naso in QT for 2 weeks. Week one was just getting him to eat. Fortunately he was / still is super fat. I had a tough time getting him eating. He will eat the odd pellet and shredded red nori. Oddly enough seems to prefer it soaked in selcon. I noticed a few black spots on him and but not really any ich. Started treatment with prazipro 3 days ago. Last night I noticed a few spots on his fins but still unsure if ich. Today he is COVERED.
I have seachem cupramine and copper test kits and have treated fish this way before. I have never done the tank transfer method. I have a 20 gallon tank I could use for second tank but would have to get another heater and maybe hob filter or something to go with it. The QT tank is a standard 55 gallon. Unfortunately I don't have any fresh saltwater ready but I could have 20 gallons today / 50 tomorrow. Do I have to do a large water change first before treating with cupramine? Should I just go with the tank transfer method instead? What alarms me is how fast he went from a few spots that might be ich to covered. Since I added prazi he has lost his appetite which just as easily could be the ich and not the prazi which is what I assumed. I have no concerns over him starving since he is still fat, but I am concerned with how fast ich is covering him. The pic is not the best glass is dirty, hob filter puts out a lot of microbubbles but you can see he has it pretty bad. Normally I just have a dim non aquarium led light over the tank but put a couple of t5's over for the picture and to examine him better.
Trying to decide which course of action will give him the quickest relief.
I have seachem cupramine and copper test kits and have treated fish this way before. I have never done the tank transfer method. I have a 20 gallon tank I could use for second tank but would have to get another heater and maybe hob filter or something to go with it. The QT tank is a standard 55 gallon. Unfortunately I don't have any fresh saltwater ready but I could have 20 gallons today / 50 tomorrow. Do I have to do a large water change first before treating with cupramine? Should I just go with the tank transfer method instead? What alarms me is how fast he went from a few spots that might be ich to covered. Since I added prazi he has lost his appetite which just as easily could be the ich and not the prazi which is what I assumed. I have no concerns over him starving since he is still fat, but I am concerned with how fast ich is covering him. The pic is not the best glass is dirty, hob filter puts out a lot of microbubbles but you can see he has it pretty bad. Normally I just have a dim non aquarium led light over the tank but put a couple of t5's over for the picture and to examine him better.
Trying to decide which course of action will give him the quickest relief.
