Upgrading Tanks - Should I Treat For Ich

[rwlopez713]

I am currently have a 72 gallon reef that I will be moving to a recently set up 300 gallon system. I do see ich in my tank from time to time but it has always been the occasional spot or two. It has never really caused me any real issues and I have had most of my fish for several years. Since I am switching tanks I will never have a better opportunity to catch all the fish and treat them all at once. I am trying to decide what to do in the situation since I have the 72 gallon that I can use as a hospital\quarantine I can either treat with hypo or Cupramine. I am concerned however about putting all this stress on otherwise very healthy fish. I wanted to get opinions on whether or not to treat and if I do treat what method would be preferable. Keep in mind that I have a flame angel and a spotted mandarin. The mandarin I was going to attempt to train to eat frozen in a breeder box in the hospital tank. I have never been overly concerned with ich since I have never lost a fish because of it and it's so difficult to keep out unless you want to quarantine all frags, hermit crabs snails etc for 8 weeks. My biggest concern is Velvet so I'm wondering if it I should move everything over to the new tank and then quarantine new fish long enough to rule out velvet, which a much faster acting pathogen. Then I would dip all frags and at least rinse invert to remove LFS water. Any one's thoughts\opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Mrscribbled]

If were me I'd move the coral to new tank and copper treat the fish in the 72 gallon.


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[jjk_reef00]

If were me I'd move the coral to new tank and copper treat the fish in the 72 gallon.


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+1, I'm not sure hot to treat the madarin.

You think you have a lot of fish now, just wait until you stock that 300.
Do everything you can to prevent disease and both you and your fish will be happier in the end.

For what it's worth I proactively treat with prazipro for flukes also.

 

[MrTuskfish]

If were me I'd move the coral to new tank and copper treat the fish in the 72 gallon.


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+1 The "stress" from moving and ich treatment isn't going to hurt healthy fish. Stress is real, but I think its the most over-used term in the hobby. It seems that at lest 90% of-the time "stress" appears on this forum, it usually applies to the "stress" of the extra work that the hobbyist is facing.

 

[HumbleFish]

I would use TT to treat the flame angel and spotted mandarin. Training the mandarin to eat frozen/pellets won't be easy; I'd start with nutramar ova. Both of mine eat that.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I would use TT to treat the flame angel and spotted mandarin. Training the mandarin to eat frozen/pellets won't be easy; I'd start with nutramar ova. Both of mine eat that.

+1 All great advice.

 

[rwlopez713]

Thanks for the advise everyone it is really helpful. reefcentral will now be the only forum I use. I have read numerous account of people using cupramine at full strength on angels and mandarins so I think I'll give it a try although TT is a good idea. I've been able to train 1 week old clownfish fry to eat frozen rotifers so I am fairly confident I can train the mandarin to eat prepared foods.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Thanks for the advise everyone it is really helpful. reefcentral will now be the only forum I use. I have read numerous account of people using cupramine at full strength on angels and mandarins so I think I'll give it a try although TT is a good idea. I've been able to train 1 week old clownfish fry to eat frozen rotifers so I am fairly confident I can train the mandarin to eat prepared foods.

To me, Full strength is around .35-.40; lower than the .50ppm SeaChem suggests for Cupramine. SeaChem is supposed to be changing some instructions to reflect this.

 

[rwlopez713]

Yeah, that I should maintain that level with the fish I have. I believe anything above .3 will be effective.