ks_reeftank
Active Member
so i purchased 2 skunk shrimp from a "clean" tank. well long story short, 2 weeks after i put them in DT , my mimic tang starts glancing off the sand and rocks. on closer look he has white spots on the 2 front fins, well of course i think ich. my royal gramma did not look too good either, so i decide to quarantine, again, and leave the DT fallow. well i cant find the gramma anywhere, under rocks, i mean anywhere. i assume crabs or something took care of him after he probably perished.
so now that i was going to leave the DT fallow im questioning myself, "could i have missed the gramma?" . so if in my situation, how long would you let the DT sit fallow, add a week or two and go for 3 months total now to be safe? have not seen gramma at all since fish were taken out of DT 2 weeks ago.
now today is day 14 in copper for the fish, the tang has not glanced or rubbed on stuff in the QT, but the white spots are still there on the front fins, none by gills or on body. i use cupramine and seachem copper test kit. the copper levels have been where they should be , if not a smidge on the high side ( test shows at least .5 but prob more like .6 copper level )
i know invertabrates dont have ich, but could have carried into the tank.
anyone have a mimic tang and does it have these white spots on front fins ? could it be im freaking out over something that should be there? the tang did visit the shrimp a lot and get cleaned so maybe he did have something. tang was fine for months before shrimp came into DT. after 2 weeks in the copper the spots should be gone right?
feeling stupid, because i always quarantine everything, the one time i take someones word and .... bam problem.
thanks for any help
so now that i was going to leave the DT fallow im questioning myself, "could i have missed the gramma?" . so if in my situation, how long would you let the DT sit fallow, add a week or two and go for 3 months total now to be safe? have not seen gramma at all since fish were taken out of DT 2 weeks ago.
now today is day 14 in copper for the fish, the tang has not glanced or rubbed on stuff in the QT, but the white spots are still there on the front fins, none by gills or on body. i use cupramine and seachem copper test kit. the copper levels have been where they should be , if not a smidge on the high side ( test shows at least .5 but prob more like .6 copper level )
i know invertabrates dont have ich, but could have carried into the tank.
anyone have a mimic tang and does it have these white spots on front fins ? could it be im freaking out over something that should be there? the tang did visit the shrimp a lot and get cleaned so maybe he did have something. tang was fine for months before shrimp came into DT. after 2 weeks in the copper the spots should be gone right?
feeling stupid, because i always quarantine everything, the one time i take someones word and .... bam problem.
thanks for any help
