Ok here’s the situation... I cycled my rock, 50 gallon tank was good to go.. I added 2 little blue hermit crabs... then ordered a few fish..(There is no marine fish store here, only freshwater so I have to order all my saltwater fish and supplies online)
I ordered 2 clownfish and 2 green chromis. 1 chromis arrived dead (shipping is just over 24 hours. They ship it that morning and I get it the next afternoon) so I ended up with 2 clowns and 1 chromis. I read that chromis need a group so I ordered 3 more plus they were supposed to send a replacement so I should end up with 5. After I ordered the fish, but before the shipment arrived... one clownfish stopped eating and died the next day. Other then not eating for a day she didn’t have any signs of illness until a few hours before she died she was breathing hard in the corner of the tank near the bottom. (The sane day the next fish arrived)
They only sent 3 and 1 was DOA, leaving me with only 3 total. Because these are the first fish and came from the same place the original came from, I put them in the display tank. These 2 shipments were all a week apart.
Out of the 2 chromis, one is much smaller (we call him the baby) and one is a fiesty bully (we call him the bully) the bully was nipping at everyone including the clown for about 3 days, the baby seemed really stressed and stayed in the bottom corner of the tank. We removed the bully on day 4 and put him in the sump until we can move him to a better place. Day 5 the original Chromis and the baby were acting strange and not free swimming both were just staying hidden. They do come up for food. (Meanwhile we ordered a tank to put the bully in and QT). This morning (day 6) the original chromis was hiding (he’s usually very active and comes sees us) the baby was swimming just above the sand and we noticed some white dots on his sides and his fins.... (looks exactly like freshwater ich)
Both fish ate this morning.... the clown however did not. He usually has a great appetite but now he’s not eating... I definitely have ich in there I’m sure... QT tank will be here in about 3 days. I do have buckets I can start TTM with and I also have MB that I bought in case I need it..
My question is... do I do TTM then use the MB as a final rinse in the QT tank? Do I just put them in the QT tank and dose that ? My display tank has a refugium and live rock so I’m going to have to keep the fish out of there for 72 days... and that’s fine I got a 20 gallon QT tank so it will be big enough for the fish for now.. I’m just confused with TTM and MB... I’ve had freshwater Before and I just removed the filter and dosed the main tank but now I have a refugium and stuff I can’t do that there.
So... what do I do?
I ordered 2 clownfish and 2 green chromis. 1 chromis arrived dead (shipping is just over 24 hours. They ship it that morning and I get it the next afternoon) so I ended up with 2 clowns and 1 chromis. I read that chromis need a group so I ordered 3 more plus they were supposed to send a replacement so I should end up with 5. After I ordered the fish, but before the shipment arrived... one clownfish stopped eating and died the next day. Other then not eating for a day she didn’t have any signs of illness until a few hours before she died she was breathing hard in the corner of the tank near the bottom. (The sane day the next fish arrived)
They only sent 3 and 1 was DOA, leaving me with only 3 total. Because these are the first fish and came from the same place the original came from, I put them in the display tank. These 2 shipments were all a week apart.
Out of the 2 chromis, one is much smaller (we call him the baby) and one is a fiesty bully (we call him the bully) the bully was nipping at everyone including the clown for about 3 days, the baby seemed really stressed and stayed in the bottom corner of the tank. We removed the bully on day 4 and put him in the sump until we can move him to a better place. Day 5 the original Chromis and the baby were acting strange and not free swimming both were just staying hidden. They do come up for food. (Meanwhile we ordered a tank to put the bully in and QT). This morning (day 6) the original chromis was hiding (he’s usually very active and comes sees us) the baby was swimming just above the sand and we noticed some white dots on his sides and his fins.... (looks exactly like freshwater ich)
Both fish ate this morning.... the clown however did not. He usually has a great appetite but now he’s not eating... I definitely have ich in there I’m sure... QT tank will be here in about 3 days. I do have buckets I can start TTM with and I also have MB that I bought in case I need it..
My question is... do I do TTM then use the MB as a final rinse in the QT tank? Do I just put them in the QT tank and dose that ? My display tank has a refugium and live rock so I’m going to have to keep the fish out of there for 72 days... and that’s fine I got a 20 gallon QT tank so it will be big enough for the fish for now.. I’m just confused with TTM and MB... I’ve had freshwater Before and I just removed the filter and dosed the main tank but now I have a refugium and stuff I can’t do that there.
So... what do I do?
