mjpelikan
Premium Member
Backstory (or wow I am an idiot):
I bought a yellow tang from a LFS and after temperature acclimating it, dropped it into my 72g (DUMB ). Him and the blueface angelfish didn't get along, and after a couple of days, decided to put the angelfish (who was looking pretty rough) into my 120g. (DUMB ). My coral beauty harassed him, so I put him back into the 72g, and in 2 days the angel died. By this point, in the 72g, the fox face had a case of ich, the clowns were looking pale/whitish, and the bicolor blenny had died inexplicably. An even longer story short: the only fish left in the 72g are the foxface, the yellow tang, and a diamond watchman goby.
Unfortunately, in the 120, I have noticed now the scopus has a case of ich, and the coral beauty was trying to get the cleaner shrimp to clean him.
Advice Needed:
I have a 150 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank in the basement, that is about to be plumbed to the upstairs.
Dert and I have been discussing this and we came up with:
Selling the yellow tang back to the LFS for a pitence of store credit.
Putting all the fish into a freshwater bath/dip then putting them into the 120g hooking the sump up to the 120g and doing a hyposalinity treatment (OST - osmotic shock therapy).
Putting all the coral, inverts and LR into the 72g.
I will put some PVC tubes into the 120 for hiding places...
Waiting 6-8 weeks then raising my salinity back to 1.025, aquascaping, moving fish to appropriate tanks, etc etc.
Questions
Since I possibly have multiple problems (including clownfish disease), should I also do a formalin bath?
I am also planning on giving all the fish metronidazinole while they are in OST, waste of time or good idea?
Instead of putting the fish into the 120g, should I put them all into the 150g stock tank, and not plumb it to the 120g, and perform the OST in the 150g?
Will doing OST in the 120 kill the bacteria in the DSB?
Should any of my fish not be given this treatment (or the formalin)?
Fish list: Foxface Lo, Vlaming Tang, Scopus tang, 2 maroon clowns, 2 engineer gobies, 2 scissortails, 1 diamond watchmen goby, 1 Orange spotted goby, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 coral beauty, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 six line wrasse.
Will I ever learn?
Thanks for your input,
Mike
I bought a yellow tang from a LFS and after temperature acclimating it, dropped it into my 72g (DUMB ). Him and the blueface angelfish didn't get along, and after a couple of days, decided to put the angelfish (who was looking pretty rough) into my 120g. (DUMB ). My coral beauty harassed him, so I put him back into the 72g, and in 2 days the angel died. By this point, in the 72g, the fox face had a case of ich, the clowns were looking pale/whitish, and the bicolor blenny had died inexplicably. An even longer story short: the only fish left in the 72g are the foxface, the yellow tang, and a diamond watchman goby.
Unfortunately, in the 120, I have noticed now the scopus has a case of ich, and the coral beauty was trying to get the cleaner shrimp to clean him.
Advice Needed:
I have a 150 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank in the basement, that is about to be plumbed to the upstairs.
Dert and I have been discussing this and we came up with:
Selling the yellow tang back to the LFS for a pitence of store credit.
Putting all the fish into a freshwater bath/dip then putting them into the 120g hooking the sump up to the 120g and doing a hyposalinity treatment (OST - osmotic shock therapy).
Putting all the coral, inverts and LR into the 72g.
I will put some PVC tubes into the 120 for hiding places...
Waiting 6-8 weeks then raising my salinity back to 1.025, aquascaping, moving fish to appropriate tanks, etc etc.
Questions
Since I possibly have multiple problems (including clownfish disease), should I also do a formalin bath?
I am also planning on giving all the fish metronidazinole while they are in OST, waste of time or good idea?
Instead of putting the fish into the 120g, should I put them all into the 150g stock tank, and not plumb it to the 120g, and perform the OST in the 150g?
Will doing OST in the 120 kill the bacteria in the DSB?
Should any of my fish not be given this treatment (or the formalin)?
Fish list: Foxface Lo, Vlaming Tang, Scopus tang, 2 maroon clowns, 2 engineer gobies, 2 scissortails, 1 diamond watchmen goby, 1 Orange spotted goby, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 coral beauty, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 six line wrasse.
Will I ever learn?
Thanks for your input,
Mike
