Hey guys, i don't know if this should go under fish diseases...
I got a little problem... I beleive i got both white ich and Black ich in my brute salt container mix and pipes ???. thus could infect my displays if i mix my salt....
didn't know i had black Ich in my second DT until i noticed some on my Hippo tang (not the other fish though).
Unfortunately, before i start noticing Blackich i used some of the pumps/powerheads/heaters that were in the DT2 sump to mix my salt in the brute container in my garage 60' away..
A brute container is like $40 bucks and everything inside (pump, powerhead, heater) is probably worth $150 or so... no way im gona throw away $200 bucks just because of blackich.
I want to somehow clean and keep using my brute container to mix my salt as usual wihtout the risk to give ich back to both display....
But if i use the salt mix made in this container i do not want to contaminate my other reef tank using that salt water mix from that container which i beleive don't have any blackich yet..
Cleaning the Brute container cannot be done because the pump pumping out the water to the DT2 is all piped. That means i will have to clean the pump and clean the 60' pipe ???
I'm not sure how to get rid of black ich now (presuming i have black ich the salt water container....
So cleaning the pipe is not a solution. dipping the pump in pure vinager, but i don't think i want to flush the pipe with vinager... and Flushing the pipe would be easier.. but i heard that black ich can survive in the air for years..
I don't want to throw Prazipro or any form of med in the brute container...
Only few choices left.
1- Should i raise the temperature of the brute container to say 100f ? if so for how long... but i heard black ich can survive temp up to 350f and i need to mix salft soon... and i have no other pump or heater left... i dont want to buy a new brute, heater and pump... just because im that paranoid... know what i mean..
1- Should i lower the temp to say 30f ? if so for how long, but i heard black ich can survive temp as low as 0f (deepfreeze)
1- Should i just put RODI water in there and leave it for a while before adding salt ?... i heard blackich can survive in freeshwater. Plus i need to mix salt soon...
Any suggestion ?
Or should i just live with blackich forever ?
I got a little problem... I beleive i got both white ich and Black ich in my brute salt container mix and pipes ???. thus could infect my displays if i mix my salt....
didn't know i had black Ich in my second DT until i noticed some on my Hippo tang (not the other fish though).
Unfortunately, before i start noticing Blackich i used some of the pumps/powerheads/heaters that were in the DT2 sump to mix my salt in the brute container in my garage 60' away..
A brute container is like $40 bucks and everything inside (pump, powerhead, heater) is probably worth $150 or so... no way im gona throw away $200 bucks just because of blackich.
I want to somehow clean and keep using my brute container to mix my salt as usual wihtout the risk to give ich back to both display....
But if i use the salt mix made in this container i do not want to contaminate my other reef tank using that salt water mix from that container which i beleive don't have any blackich yet..
Cleaning the Brute container cannot be done because the pump pumping out the water to the DT2 is all piped. That means i will have to clean the pump and clean the 60' pipe ???
I'm not sure how to get rid of black ich now (presuming i have black ich the salt water container....
So cleaning the pipe is not a solution. dipping the pump in pure vinager, but i don't think i want to flush the pipe with vinager... and Flushing the pipe would be easier.. but i heard that black ich can survive in the air for years..
I don't want to throw Prazipro or any form of med in the brute container...
Only few choices left.
1- Should i raise the temperature of the brute container to say 100f ? if so for how long... but i heard black ich can survive temp up to 350f and i need to mix salft soon... and i have no other pump or heater left... i dont want to buy a new brute, heater and pump... just because im that paranoid... know what i mean..
1- Should i lower the temp to say 30f ? if so for how long, but i heard black ich can survive temp as low as 0f (deepfreeze)
1- Should i just put RODI water in there and leave it for a while before adding salt ?... i heard blackich can survive in freeshwater. Plus i need to mix salt soon...
Any suggestion ?
Or should i just live with blackich forever ?
