Okay! Right now I have an anemone, green start polys, and 2 snails. Do I continue the medication I was doing in the tank or just give that up now that the fish are gone. Also when would I put the carbon back in, turn on skimmer and UV? Thanks!
As others have posted, run carbon to remove the meds and then you need to remove the copper. Seachem's Cuprisorb works very well. You can re-use it over and over. All you need to do is recharge (flush it) it with muratic acid that you can buy at hardware stores. And then I'd do regular water changes. Just don't add any fish until the 76 days has ended. And at that point, just to make sure, you could do the "Black Molly Test" to make sure all the parasites have starved out.
yes i was running ruby reef rally and kick ich
What’s the black molly test
What is fallow?!
Because of their black color, parasites like ich, velvet, etc. will show up quickly and easily to see on Black Mollies. Here's the whole plan of use:
www.reef2reef.com
Fallow means running your display tank without fish for a given period of time. Fish are the food of parasites. So by not putting fish into the tank, the parasites will starve. This works with Ich, Brook, Velvet but not with Uronema. During the "fallow" period it's ok to have corals, inverts (snails, shrimp, etc.) and to feed them, do water changes, maintenance, etc. You just can't put fish in there as they provide food to the parasites you are trying to starve out. Usual time period is 76 days of fallow.
i wouldn't think they had Uronema since I didnt notice any red spots on my fish. I believe it was velvet since they looked "cloudy"
i did not add any copper to my main tank. Do i still add cuprisorb?
