First Aid Kit?

[Steve Jones]

Well, I've had an outbreak of Brooklynellosis in my DT 3 weeks ago and yesterday a huge overnight ammonia spike in my hospital tank that has held the survivors for 3 weeks that seems to have nearly killed my Melanurus Wrasse and left him with "burnt" gills. All in my first 3 months in the hobby. I live in rural KY and there nearest serious saltwater supply places are 2 hours away. Both times I have been caught w/o the medications I needed to treat the fish right away, so I either need to take a part of a day off from work to drive there (not always feasible) or do overnight shipping (costly). My question is, what would you consider a good "first aid kit"? What medications should I just keep in stock? Also, I assume there is probably a shelf life on the medicines that I would need to take into account as well. As of now, I have medications for Ich, Brooks (Formalin), and some Methylene Blue on the way for the injured wrasse. I also have Stability and some emergency ammonia reducer. Any ideas and suggestions appreciated. (Coral treatments as well!)

 

[Duke4Life]

My biggest are Prazipro for flukes and parasites and Prime for water changes. An ammonia alert badge is also something very handy for qt systems, I can have my wife check without testing is why I really like them.

 

[Tautog]

I wouldn't add any nice fish for 6-9 months. Let your tank age, damsels. Like blue/ green Chromis with be hardy enough. Do a large WC in Qt, your bio- load is too much to handle, every week do a WC until DT is ready.

 

[Steve Jones]

I wouldn't add any nice fish for 6-9 months. Let your tank age, damsels. Like blue/ green Chromis with be hardy enough. Do a large WC in Qt, your bio- load is too much to handle, every week do a WC until DT is ready.

What you mention is all taken care of already. DT is in the process of going fallow for 76 days. Three survivors are in the hospital tank with regular water changes (about 3 times a week - once a week won't cut it). My question is in regard to what medications I should have "on hand" for any future issues so I am not caught unable to help the fish/corals immediately.

 

[Humblefish]

Medications to keep on hand: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/medications-to-keep-on-hand.213574/

The bare essentials: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/medications-to-keep-on-hand.213574/#post-2445601

 

[Steve Jones]

Medications to keep on hand: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/medications-to-keep-on-hand.213574/

The bare essentials: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/medications-to-keep-on-hand.213574/#post-2445601

Excellent! Just what I needed.

Thank you!

 

[omykiss001]

Just as a precaution I always like to keep a bottle of the instant ocean bio-spira (bacteria in a bottle). I've had really good luck with this stuff as long as the date on the bottom is a year or more away it has worked really well for me. This will help cycle the hospital tank pretty much overnight and avoid the ammonia issue you are currently dealing with.