I have been reading up on this process as well as watching videos concerning quarantining fish. I must say, as with many things in this hobby, this is a hard decision to make on what's best for my fish.
I have a 240 gallon tank set up that is almost 5 months old. System is running fine with a moderately stocked fish community. I have around 16 fish in my display. All are still young except a mimic tang and a file fish. I lost one fish just over a month ago to ick. I have another newly acquired fish showing a few spots. Out side of that I've had very little deaths. Now to my situation.
If I were to remove the fish from the display(if that's even possible) what would be the safest route to take? After reading all the choices, hyposalinity seems the easiest on the fish. None of the other fish have shown any signs of ich out side of the mimic occasionally rubbing on the sand. I think treating chemically should be a last resort.
If I leave the display fallow for the recommended days, how will this affect my corals. I can continue with them just as normal, but once it's time to reintroduce my fish, will this created an issue with my bacteria and bioload? I guess with the amount of fish I will be doing, it will require multiple tanks. I have a 40 gallon breeder I can start with. It would be nice to house all of them in one tank. I can't see me doing multiple tanks and DOI g the tank to tank method. My rodiwould never shut off. Is it possible to do that many fish at once and monitor for ammonia while dosing bacteria supplement?
Also, this is not a thread to pile on me for not doing g this in the first place. I'm just looking for solutions that will be the easiest on my fish.
I have a 240 gallon tank set up that is almost 5 months old. System is running fine with a moderately stocked fish community. I have around 16 fish in my display. All are still young except a mimic tang and a file fish. I lost one fish just over a month ago to ick. I have another newly acquired fish showing a few spots. Out side of that I've had very little deaths. Now to my situation.
If I were to remove the fish from the display(if that's even possible) what would be the safest route to take? After reading all the choices, hyposalinity seems the easiest on the fish. None of the other fish have shown any signs of ich out side of the mimic occasionally rubbing on the sand. I think treating chemically should be a last resort.
If I leave the display fallow for the recommended days, how will this affect my corals. I can continue with them just as normal, but once it's time to reintroduce my fish, will this created an issue with my bacteria and bioload? I guess with the amount of fish I will be doing, it will require multiple tanks. I have a 40 gallon breeder I can start with. It would be nice to house all of them in one tank. I can't see me doing multiple tanks and DOI g the tank to tank method. My rodiwould never shut off. Is it possible to do that many fish at once and monitor for ammonia while dosing bacteria supplement?
Also, this is not a thread to pile on me for not doing g this in the first place. I'm just looking for solutions that will be the easiest on my fish.
