KCFITZ78
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Back December 18th I picked up some "free" sick fish.... 1 coral beauty, a pair of clown fish and a red sea star. All three fish had ICH and the coral beauty had been picking at the both clownfish. The one clownfish had swollen eyes.
So two days prior to picking up the fish, I set up a 10 gallon quarantine tank with HOB filter, heater and grate divider length wise in the tank. I also setup a 3 gallon tank with a heater. I added ammonia lock to the saltwater, dialed in my salinity to 1.023~1.025 and temp to 78 degrees F.
I added the 3 fish to the 10 gallon quarantine tank and placed the red sea star in a 3 gallon tank. After 2 days of having the fish I added Mardel Coppersafe to the 10 gallon tank only. I tested the copper level to make sure the copper level was 1.5 to 2.0 and kept this level for 3 weeks. All the fish had looked great with no white spots and the clownfish eyes were back to normal. The day after the 3 week mark, I did a 3 gallon water change in the afternoon. That same day the coral beauty found a small break in the grate divider and now was on the same side as the clown fish. Needless to say they all fought and I did not notice what happened till that night. I moved the coral beauty back to other side of the divided tank and fixed the grate with a zip tie. The next day both clownfish had white spots and the one clownfish had swollen eyes again. That day I raised the copper level back up close to 2.0. It has now been 3 days since the coral beauty jail break and the clownfish look terrible.
I hope the clownfish will make it through another 6-8 weeks.
Also the sea star did not do well with the water change I made on the 3 gallon tank as it seems to only stay on the bottom now. I have been feeding it a small piece of an algae wafer every day, but it has not taken it the last 3 days.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing right, wrong or indifferent? :fish2:
So two days prior to picking up the fish, I set up a 10 gallon quarantine tank with HOB filter, heater and grate divider length wise in the tank. I also setup a 3 gallon tank with a heater. I added ammonia lock to the saltwater, dialed in my salinity to 1.023~1.025 and temp to 78 degrees F.
I added the 3 fish to the 10 gallon quarantine tank and placed the red sea star in a 3 gallon tank. After 2 days of having the fish I added Mardel Coppersafe to the 10 gallon tank only. I tested the copper level to make sure the copper level was 1.5 to 2.0 and kept this level for 3 weeks. All the fish had looked great with no white spots and the clownfish eyes were back to normal. The day after the 3 week mark, I did a 3 gallon water change in the afternoon. That same day the coral beauty found a small break in the grate divider and now was on the same side as the clown fish. Needless to say they all fought and I did not notice what happened till that night. I moved the coral beauty back to other side of the divided tank and fixed the grate with a zip tie. The next day both clownfish had white spots and the one clownfish had swollen eyes again. That day I raised the copper level back up close to 2.0. It has now been 3 days since the coral beauty jail break and the clownfish look terrible.
I hope the clownfish will make it through another 6-8 weeks.
Also the sea star did not do well with the water change I made on the 3 gallon tank as it seems to only stay on the bottom now. I have been feeding it a small piece of an algae wafer every day, but it has not taken it the last 3 days.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing right, wrong or indifferent? :fish2:
