Id This Fish Please

[sunnymittu]

Ich Is The Most Frustrating Lope Hole In This Beautiful And Sain Hobby

 

[sunnymittu]

I Am Using A Inbuild Sump Which Is Actully Working As Filter +carbon+those White Cylindrical Small Things In A Bag While Small Holes Jim

 

[MatthewLaw]

ok well the tank needs to be brought down to 1.009 to get rid of marine ich for 4 weeks. BUT this will kill all your live rock.... i have read to keep the fish quarantined for 4 weeks and the tank fishless for 8 weeks....

I would suggest purchasing a smaller quarantine tank but I guess you could remove the LR and put it in a separate bin with saltwater while the fish are treated. i would bring the salt content or SG down slowly...like 0.002 an hour...i would also put in an air stone to icnrease oxygen since this lowering of salt will decrease oxygen in the water.

this should help....
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/hospital/swich/

 

[sunnymittu]

I Can Do Both
I Will Treat Them With Copper
And With Hypo For 8 Weeks As Said By Mr Law
I Am Not In A Hurry
Less Is More
More Is Less

 

[sunnymittu]

Fishes With Copper In Qt
And
Tank With Hyposalinity For 8 Weeks
You People Do Have Lot Of Patience
Thats Why You Are Successful
I Admire It Alot

 

[MatthewLaw]

I dont think you need to do both....I know some fish do not do well with copper treatment.

it may be easiest to buy another smaller tank and use that as a quarantine so you do not risk losing your rock. put the fish in there and slowly lower SG to 1.009.

 

[zoalover34]

Another thing, you probably shouldn't be buying fish not knowing what kind they are and how to care for them.. And what White Cylindrical Small Things are you talking about?

 

[sunnymittu]

I Say Unto You By Which Means You Say Apart

 

[zoalover34]

That makes no sense lol

 

[MatthewLaw]

i think he is saying that regarldess of what you say he'll do things however he wants...

please correct if i am wrong

 

[sunnymittu]

Should I Do Less Flow

 

[zoalover34]

Probably, and if that's the case then don't come here asking for help if you will do what you want

 

[MatthewLaw]

the tank with hyposalinity for 8 weeks will kill your LR and turn it into expensive base rock!!!! just keeping it fishless will be enough to get rid of the ich.

 

[sunnymittu]

Amonia Went Down To Zero

 

[sunnymittu]

Actully .5mg

 

[MatthewLaw]

i would do a 50% water change and start the ich treatment

 

[sunnymittu]

My Blue Damshel Just Had An Attack Of Some Ich Kind

 

[MatthewLaw]

when you start the ich treatment, the white dots will disappear in a day or so but keep treating for the full 4 weeks!

 

[Lorna]

a few confusing statements in this thread.

Hyposalinity in a quarantine tank is a proven method of dealing with Ich. The fish must remain in the qt tank for the duration of treatment usually 4-6 weeks. During that time you have no fish in the main display, just live rock and any inverts. This will let the ich cycle out of the display by starving it. (If you put your fish in there without letting it run the 6 weeks the ich will just reattach to the fish you must kill the ich on the fish and in the tank)

Do not use copper especially in your display as it will render the tank and everything in it useless for any inverts later as they cannot tolerate any copper that is absorbed by the rock or tank, sand etc.

 

[MatthewLaw]

nice summation, Lorna