Hello! I just started up my 20 gallon nuvo aquarium around march 3rd. I have marcos dry rock and caribsea liferock, and carib sea arag alive sand. Filtration: marinepure spheres, seachem denitrate media, refugium with chaeto and red ogo, filter sock on one side of the tank, media basket on the other side with sera filter floss and the denitrate/marinepure media, protein skimmer (not running at the moment), also took all chemical filtration out. I have an Auriga butterflyfish, coral hogfish, 2 clowns, 1 diamond goby, and one neon dottyback.
Parameters today: Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate: all zero, phosphate 1 ppm, pH 7.8 (API test kit). Red Sea Coral Pro Salt 1.025 specific gravity/35 ppt.
I dipped all my new arrivals when I added them to the tank with Ruby Reef Hydroplex for 10 mins 30mL in one quart, then transferred them over to a 1 gallon fish bowl and treated with seachem paraguard for 1 hour dip/ 3ml.
I have been noticing one or 2 tiny white spots on one of my clownfish, he doesn’t have an appetite, is getting a little skinnier, and is flashing against the back of the tank like itching. You can see all the marks on the back of the tank from where he was scratching. I noticed my butterflyfish scratching against rock, rapid breathing, but I don’t see white spots other than a white spot on his underside fin that is too big to be ICH. Gills are not red, I am not sure if I am dealing with ICH or another parasite.
I treated the tank with prazipro and seachem paraguard today, raising the tank temp to 80 degrees, I am wondering if I should raise it to 84 or 86 degrees per some forums I read but I think that might be too high. I plan to treat the tank for 28 days with paraguard, but I am looking for advice on the temperature and if there is a better method for ICH eradication other than QT and leaving display fallow for a few months, I don’t have a separate tank on hand at this time for QT and I would rather not rush to put one up properly. If the ICH is still present after 28 days I will consider the QT. I also want ideas on other things my fish could be experiencing other than ich.
Parameters today: Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate: all zero, phosphate 1 ppm, pH 7.8 (API test kit). Red Sea Coral Pro Salt 1.025 specific gravity/35 ppt.
I dipped all my new arrivals when I added them to the tank with Ruby Reef Hydroplex for 10 mins 30mL in one quart, then transferred them over to a 1 gallon fish bowl and treated with seachem paraguard for 1 hour dip/ 3ml.
I have been noticing one or 2 tiny white spots on one of my clownfish, he doesn’t have an appetite, is getting a little skinnier, and is flashing against the back of the tank like itching. You can see all the marks on the back of the tank from where he was scratching. I noticed my butterflyfish scratching against rock, rapid breathing, but I don’t see white spots other than a white spot on his underside fin that is too big to be ICH. Gills are not red, I am not sure if I am dealing with ICH or another parasite.
I treated the tank with prazipro and seachem paraguard today, raising the tank temp to 80 degrees, I am wondering if I should raise it to 84 or 86 degrees per some forums I read but I think that might be too high. I plan to treat the tank for 28 days with paraguard, but I am looking for advice on the temperature and if there is a better method for ICH eradication other than QT and leaving display fallow for a few months, I don’t have a separate tank on hand at this time for QT and I would rather not rush to put one up properly. If the ICH is still present after 28 days I will consider the QT. I also want ideas on other things my fish could be experiencing other than ich.
