Ich-less tank
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Can you tell us a bit more about what you did and didn't do? Keeping the tank fallow for 90 days is a good start, however there are certain activities that can introduce ich into the system, so a full recap might help.
gobble
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Join the club. I've been through fallow twice now. Followed all the rules, etc. My ich came back about a month after the fish were back in the tank, with nothing new added and everything going through copper treatment.
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hyeclass
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Hi, yes so I bought a tank 71 gallons treated the fish with copper power
being in the tank for 90 daysI am sure they didn’t had any ick
after the transfer I noticed two weeks later my purple tang has ick now the powder blue
what should I do to have the system ickless
I am also running 65watts uv
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hyeclass
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what should we do
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hyeclass
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hi Big “G” no not all fish have ick on them
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How did you treat with copper?
I am wondering about cross contamination.
I am wondering about cross contamination.
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hyeclass
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got a Hanna checker I made sure it stays 1.9
Big G
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Which ones are showing the spots?
I feel your pain. I just broke down my 250g tank 4 days ago. Had to pull all coral & rocks to get my fish out. Now my house looks like a LFS store. I have 2x 40g beeders, 2 x10g & 1x5g. All fish hit 2.0 copper last night so let the counter begin.
During this covid crisis I got the big Idea of adding a fish I've always wanted. Powder Blue Tang.... yes I know. Ick magnets.
I treated with copper but a made a miss calculation with 5 chromis I bought a couple of days after the tang to disperse aggression when putting it in DT.
I had the days wrong for how long they where in copper. Very big mistake!!! I use 2 40g breeders 1 with copper & 1 without. I only copper for 14 days, then put in clean tank. This gives no room for error. Now all QT tanks have copper and running it for 30 days. Can't put anything back in DT for at least 76 days anyway. Sick to my stomach about it!
During this covid crisis I got the big Idea of adding a fish I've always wanted. Powder Blue Tang.... yes I know. Ick magnets.
I treated with copper but a made a miss calculation with 5 chromis I bought a couple of days after the tang to disperse aggression when putting it in DT.
I had the days wrong for how long they where in copper. Very big mistake!!! I use 2 40g breeders 1 with copper & 1 without. I only copper for 14 days, then put in clean tank. This gives no room for error. Now all QT tanks have copper and running it for 30 days. Can't put anything back in DT for at least 76 days anyway. Sick to my stomach about it!
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hyeclass
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Powder blue blue tang purple
Big G
captain dunsel
The spots you are seeing may not be Ich. There is a gram positive infection that can look very similar to Ich. It usually presents after a fish has been in Copper. The only way to know for sure is to do a scrape and take a look under a scope.
JCTReefer
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This is what I have on hand. Gram positive and negative. Spectrogram
https://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquatronics.html
I DNT have a quarentine tank and can't remove my coral. It Sucks but treating on display tank
With making sure fish are strong and healthy adding Selcom, Garlic on there food. UV. But also this is my 5th day using
Herbtana Reef safe. I don't see ich on fish anymore are they gone probably not but hopefully there immune is getting stronger.
With making sure fish are strong and healthy adding Selcom, Garlic on there food. UV. But also this is my 5th day using
Herbtana Reef safe. I don't see ich on fish anymore are they gone probably not but hopefully there immune is getting stronger.
Squidward
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So you didn't add any corals or inverts to the tank during those 90 days?
Or could the copper dosage been insufficient? I personally did TTM with all of my fish. I didn't want to bother with measuring copper. And now I have an Ich-free tank.
Or could the copper dosage been insufficient? I personally did TTM with all of my fish. I didn't want to bother with measuring copper. And now I have an Ich-free tank.
