Scooter blenny getting skinny.

[PCguy21]

In my 30g tank wjich has been under hypo for 4 weeks now almost like ny main 135. I started copper on that tank for about a week in the beggining and that combined with hypo killed all the pods and goodies in the tabk.. whi h i didnt care about.. However my scooter blenny is getting skinny.

My corals have been in fallow since the 27th last month so going on 5 weeks in a few days. Would it be ok if i take this scooter out and pop ut him with my corals. I know there are plenty of pods in that tank. And id rather not have a fish die if i cant help it ? Just wondering what you guys think.

Also should i atart raising the salinity in the tank ? I havent noticed ich or any parasite on any fish for 2 weeks now.

Do you think itd be ok to put some coral back in as well once i do if i do raise the salinity. Those corals have been alone fishkess for 40 days almost

 

[five.five-six]

If you are anywhere near corona CA, you can store him in my fuge till you get your tank straightened out. It’s teeming with pods

 

[PCguy21]

Im in va.. thanks though i appritiate that. I decided to put him in my 20g with the corals... Its been 4 weeks in hypo and 5 fallow for the corals.. and scooters are resistsnt to icj anyway i never see them get it.. So i think itll be ok with me doing what i did..

I can see pods running around all around him so i hope hes strong enough to start eating. I just hope when im done with my hypo and stuff and put my corals back in i dont get a suprise.. but i think 4 weeks hypo and 5 weeks fallow is enough time i doubt the blenny had anything on him with 30 days in hypo

 

[bosshog]

My scooters will eat blood worms and mysis from a pipette. It took a while but now the little goofballs come running whenever the pipette enters the tank. They are sweet little fish.

 

[Uncle99]

Im in va.. thanks though i appritiate that. I decided to put him in my 20g with the corals... Its been 4 weeks in hypo and 5 fallow for the corals.. and scooters are resistsnt to icj anyway i never see them get it.. So i think itll be ok with me doing what i did..

I can see pods running around all around him so i hope hes strong enough to start eating. I just hope when im done with my hypo and stuff and put my corals back in i dont get a suprise.. but i think 4 weeks hypo and 5 weeks fallow is enough time i doubt the blenny had anything on him with 30 days in hypo

Corals don't catch Ick, it is a fish parasite, one that predates on the weakened. I have seen almost every type of fish get Ick over the years.

Testing has shown that at 72 days, there is only a 1% reoccurrence rate. Big risk If you don't go the distance.

If he's eating PODS, he will be hunting and pecking almost continuously.

 

[bshow24]

Corals don't catch Ick, it is a fish parasite, one that predates on the weakened. I have seen almost every type of fish get Ick over the years.

Testing has shown that at 72 days, there is only a 1% reoccurrence rate. Big risk If you don't go the distance.

If he's eating PODS, he will be hunting and pecking almost continuously.

I think by the corals being fallow, it was meant to say the corals were originally in the tank with ich, and it's possible there could have been remnants of the parasite on the corals/frags.

I do second what Uncle99 is saying here. This is more informational but, there is always a chance ich can return if you don't go the full 72 days. In addition, hypo tends to work but there are some strains of ich that can live through that treatment. Lastly, fish are never "ich-resistant". They might tend to be able to battle it better or keep it away due to their skin or slime coat, but it is still a place for ich to live and reproduce from.

That being said, I think what you did moving the blenny over was the correct move. This is more saying there's a POSSIBILITY that there's still ich in the the tank, just keep an eye out.

 

[PCguy21]

Corals don't catch Ick, it is a fish parasite, one that predates on the weakened. I have seen almost every type of fish get Ick over the years.

Testing has shown that at 72 days, there is only a 1% reoccurrence rate. Big risk If you don't go the distance.

If he's eating PODS, he will be hunting and pecking almost continuously.

I know they dont.. im concerned about moving a coral into my tank after only 40 or 50 days of the corals being fishless.. Or do you think itd be ok ? I mean i still got another 10 days for cupramine, bmthen i gatta raise salinity and watch my fish but ya.

Uhg i just wish this would end lol it sucks waiting so long

 

[bshow24]

Take it as a positive, this is just a big ole learning experience for you as a reefer!

The thing about the coral tank, it's no longer fishless. So at this point, if you were going by the book, you'd technically need to move the blenny and restart the fallow period for another 72 days.

It's up to you if you would actually want to do that, or take the risk that all the ich is already dead. It's not a high % that ich is still alive in the coral/blenny tank, but there's always a chance.

 

[PCguy21]

Well i think/hope the blenny had nothing anyway.. he was 30 days in hypo thats along time.. and the frags were 40 almost so unless i got super ich lol i think ill be ok i hope. So i took a risk just didnt want him to keep starving to death.. but well see i guess once i raise salinity and finish the cupramine treatment. Because right bow i did 4 weeks hypo and im doing two weeks hypo and cupramine at .35 so after those 2 weeks ima use cuprizorb and carbon raise the salinity over a week .. and test for copper... watch the week in normal salinity for a week or two then put my corals back in. I might even buy some coral dip and dip them.. i dont know if dipping em would hepp but ill find out lol.

So i got another 21 days left anyway... god i hope this all works... So tired of ich

 

[bshow24]

Just a suggestion, I'd do 4 weeks of cupramine. It sucks because it means more time, but if the fish are doing okay in it, not a bad idea to keep it going as there's a possibility of the disease living through that first 2 weeks.

Better safe than sorry!

 

[PCguy21]

Well reason i was thinking of doing 2 is Well ive done hypo for 4 weeks... Ich is most likely already dead and the two extra week of hypo and cupramine to me is just the cherry on top to be sure. Today is day 7 in cupramine.. All my fish are eating like mad...

I just worry 4 week of combined hypo and cupramine might permenently dmg my tangs organs.. Ive heard bad things of cupramine causing fish to die a year later.

And with salinity at 1.09 its pretty much fresh water. As you msy know copper is more effective against parasites. But also more toxic in fresh water then salt due to less ions in the water.. So .50 is really harsh.. hense why its at .35 to .4, well see man.. Maybe ill do 3 weeks of cupramine.

Im fairly certain ich is dead.. but the reason i did cupramine is because of the assurance like i mentioned but i also suspect i might habe velvet in the tank too. Which is weird because i have a naso tang. Yellow tang. Powder brown tang. Kole tang. Foxface. 4 chromis. 3 damsels and a scooter and flame hawk.. Also have a philipine angle. And none of them show signs of velvet... But ive seen signs of it in the past with corals beauty fish that died in litterally 24 to 48 hours in my tanks... Like i went through 4 of those dwarf angelfish all of em died in days... So i cant explain it.. was it a bad case of ich or velvet.... And if it was velvet why havent seen it on my tangs in hypo... So i keep aaying no way its velvet. But i got worried so thats why i started cupramine to be safe lll

Gah maybe ill do 4. Well see.. like you said as long as my fish keep acting good. Lol


Thanks for talking with me about this.. its nice to have a nirmal conversation with someone vs arguing over stuff... Like in petco the other day i was talking to a dude about ich and velvet... and im like becareful eith petcos fish.. they gave my tank ich or velvet snd ive lost 600+$ in fish over the last 4 months.

And hes just started getting rude.. weird facial exoressions... oh that shouldnt happen.. ich diesnt kill. Ive never had thst happen it must be something youre doing wrong.. ich is always in the tank blah blah.... then he went tang police on me... I litterally had to tell him to the shut the f up its my damn tank... and i litterally had fish dying in my 135 when all i had was 4 fish a dwarf angel and chromis... so no it wasnt anything i did.. Hes lucky he never had issues... one day he will catch what i had in petco and hell realize he was wrong

 

[PCguy21]

Little update.. Hes now actively moving around and eating in that frag tank and he doesnt seem lethargic anymore. He was just kinda sitting in her tank not moving as he was bones.. he did that in the frag tank too but now he looks so much better