Don't know what to do now

[Indign]

Greetings everyone.

I have a 29 bio cube.

Well I bought a skunk cleaner and I can only assume he was hosting some ich which has now killed my two clowns.

I am debating tearing this tank down but I don't know.

Currently there are
2 turbo snails
1 peppermint shrimp
1 skunk shrimp

What do I do now. Leave the tank fish less for 10 weeks and try again? Could I add inverts or corals during this time.

Even after leaving the tank fish less I have read ich can reside on inverts so now that it is my tank am I always going to have ich problems?


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[Reefing Madness]

Your good letting it go fishless for 10 weeks. Add all the coral and inverts you want. ICH need a FISH host to survive.
Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part I by Steven Pro - Reefkeeping.com

 

[o2manyfish]

You bought a skunk cleaner shrimp?

How mature is the tank?

Dave B

 

[Indign]

He tank has been up and running for 3 months.

Fish less cycle and everything tests perfect. But it's been an uphill battle with temps and new tank stuff.

After all the work to lose my fish discourages me.


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[o2manyfish]

Your perfect test, was that before adding the fish, during the fish, or after the fish died?

How long did you have the clowns?

What kind of temperature swings were you battling?

Dave

 

[Indign]

Before during and after. Obviously talking about ammo trites and trates. Salinity 1.025

Had the clowns for 2 months. First two I added after cycle

Biocubes get stupid hot. Would go from 78 to 84. Chilled it with ice packs for a while now I have modded it with a fan pointing at the 2nd chamber. Runs at 78 all the time. In fact my heater kicks on a lot just to keep it at 78.


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[Reefing Madness]

Temp swings from 76-82 wouldn't have killed the fish. 84 would have made them sit at the top alittle ticked off though, but not kill them.

 

[Indign]

I think it was ich, both clowns had little white spots on them and the bigger of the two was on the bottom of the tank breathing fast.

I don't think it's o2 because I have my return point at the surface and its moving the surface around nicely not crazy but wavy.

I always assumed inverts are harder to keep than fish especially hardy clowns.

I am still new to all this so my assumptions don't mean anything.


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[Indign]

I also modded the back of the tank to get the temps under control a week before all this happened. So temps have been stable for a little bit.


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[o2manyfish]

Lots of times fish carry ich but are healthy enough to keep it at bay. But temperature swings are known to make ich pop up.

Depending how accurate your thermometer is, and then cooling with ice packs you might have just swung the temperature back and forth a little too much, too quickly.

The 78-84 swing isn't a problem, my system swing in that range, but getting over 83 is warm. But my system takes 12 hours to shift the temperature back and forth slowly. Quickly shifting the temperature might be the cause of the problem.

I think it's more likely that the temperature created the issue than a cleaner shrimp being added to the tank. With summer coming and bringing hotter weather, make sure that you have the temperature stabilized and then try another fish.

Dave B

 

[Indign]

I think I have the temp problem under control. I have two thermometers just to be sure.

So should I wait the 10 weeks or should I just go ahead. I don't want to waist money or kill any fish.


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[Travis Dragan]

I have noticed that some fish depending on usual maintenance become very touch when it comes to ich, when i push the maintenance off for a couple days, but then a good water change and eveyone is happy again

 

[Indign]

I was doing 20% water changes every Saturday.

I have lost a lot of motivation to keep this tank up. I will do what I have to to keep the current inhabitants healthy an happy but no more.

Hopefully I can get past this slump and create the reef I always wanted.


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[NanaReefer]

I hate to think about the number of fish lost since I started reefing. 4 alone in my first month of reefing to ICH also. But it's a fact of this hobby and a risk many are willing to take.
I'm sorry for your loss But if this discourages you to the point of wanting to quit already then you may wanna rethink if this is the hobby for you.
Having said this I would allow your tank to fallow for 8-10 weeks. Exactly what I did. The ICH will starve out without a food source, i.e. Fish.



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