remob
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
1. How long have you had the fish?
--i had the fish for about 6 weeks
Do you know if it was wild caught, or tank raised?
-- both
2. How long has the fish been in the tank?
-- 6 weeks
What are the tank mates?
-- 1 blue tang
1 yellow tang
1 fire shrimp
1 star fish
4 clowns
Any aggression?
-- no
3. Is the fish eating?
-- yes
If so what does it eat?
-- pellets and mysis
4.What are the water parameters?
5.pH, ammonia, 8.0 and unknown
6.nitrite, nitrate, .5 and 40
7.SPG? (actual numbers please: posting high, average or normal is not helpful) What saltwater test kit are you using?
-- 1.023
5.Is the fish showing any physical signs of disease, grain of salt size spots, discoloration, ragged fins, misting or spots on the fins, cuts, cloudy eyes, etc?
-- ...just white spots
6.Is the fish "flashing" (scratching or rubbing on rocks, decorations or substrate)?
-- yes ,.. all of the above
7.How is the fish acting? Is it swimming around, or just hovering in one spot or corner of the tank?
-- swimming around
8.Did you use quarantine?
-- nope,. it was fine until i got the blue tang from another store !
If so for how long and did you have a need to treat for any ailments? Is it in qt now?
Are you currently treating with any medication(s)?
-- yes its in qt with copper at the local fish store
9.Describe in detail how the fish was acclimated.
-- float the bag for 25 minutes then release,..
10.What size system? What type of filtration do you use? Do you have any live rock or sand?
-- 125 gallons,.. wet dry with uv lights,.. yes i have live rock. crushed coral
11.Do you use any additives? Have you used any sort of meds in the main tank?
-- i used no ich with no results,...this stressed out the live rock
all this said,.. i have ich and it started with when i went to a different store other
than the one i always go to and got a blue tang. now i know that i have to qt if i buy from another store other than the one i go to where i know he medicates his tanks.
... so i get ich and i take all the blame for it,... i call the store where i have been dealing with for 10 years and tell him my problem. he tells me to get a qt tank to avoid this again. the problem with that is that i have no room for another tank.
so he tells me to bring them in and he will medicate them for me for free,..
nice guy. he tells me he willl hold them for 14 days and that should be good to take them back home and i should be fine. so 17 days go by and i bring them home on Oct 6, 2005. 2 days later i see ich. i take them back to the store and he tells me not to worry that we should wait 24 days this time around.
my question is how long should i have waited ?
what should be my next step if this does not work again ?
what if i get all my live rock and put it in a tupperware with
water pump moving the water hit it with one of my metal halides
bring the fish back home and treat it with copper for 3 to 4 weeks,..
get one of those pads that remove copper, then put all my 60 pounds
of live rock back in ?
the question is,.. do these copper removing pads really work or will i kill
all my live rock when i put them back in ?
any ideas and advice would be helpful
many thanks in advance
Remo
--i had the fish for about 6 weeks
Do you know if it was wild caught, or tank raised?
-- both
2. How long has the fish been in the tank?
-- 6 weeks
What are the tank mates?
-- 1 blue tang
1 yellow tang
1 fire shrimp
1 star fish
4 clowns
Any aggression?
-- no
3. Is the fish eating?
-- yes
If so what does it eat?
-- pellets and mysis
4.What are the water parameters?
5.pH, ammonia, 8.0 and unknown
6.nitrite, nitrate, .5 and 40
7.SPG? (actual numbers please: posting high, average or normal is not helpful) What saltwater test kit are you using?
-- 1.023
5.Is the fish showing any physical signs of disease, grain of salt size spots, discoloration, ragged fins, misting or spots on the fins, cuts, cloudy eyes, etc?
-- ...just white spots
6.Is the fish "flashing" (scratching or rubbing on rocks, decorations or substrate)?
-- yes ,.. all of the above
7.How is the fish acting? Is it swimming around, or just hovering in one spot or corner of the tank?
-- swimming around
8.Did you use quarantine?
-- nope,. it was fine until i got the blue tang from another store !
If so for how long and did you have a need to treat for any ailments? Is it in qt now?
Are you currently treating with any medication(s)?
-- yes its in qt with copper at the local fish store
9.Describe in detail how the fish was acclimated.
-- float the bag for 25 minutes then release,..
10.What size system? What type of filtration do you use? Do you have any live rock or sand?
-- 125 gallons,.. wet dry with uv lights,.. yes i have live rock. crushed coral
11.Do you use any additives? Have you used any sort of meds in the main tank?
-- i used no ich with no results,...this stressed out the live rock
all this said,.. i have ich and it started with when i went to a different store other
than the one i always go to and got a blue tang. now i know that i have to qt if i buy from another store other than the one i go to where i know he medicates his tanks.
... so i get ich and i take all the blame for it,... i call the store where i have been dealing with for 10 years and tell him my problem. he tells me to get a qt tank to avoid this again. the problem with that is that i have no room for another tank.
so he tells me to bring them in and he will medicate them for me for free,..
nice guy. he tells me he willl hold them for 14 days and that should be good to take them back home and i should be fine. so 17 days go by and i bring them home on Oct 6, 2005. 2 days later i see ich. i take them back to the store and he tells me not to worry that we should wait 24 days this time around.
my question is how long should i have waited ?
what should be my next step if this does not work again ?
what if i get all my live rock and put it in a tupperware with
water pump moving the water hit it with one of my metal halides
bring the fish back home and treat it with copper for 3 to 4 weeks,..
get one of those pads that remove copper, then put all my 60 pounds
of live rock back in ?
the question is,.. do these copper removing pads really work or will i kill
all my live rock when i put them back in ?
any ideas and advice would be helpful
many thanks in advance
Remo