Ick infestation

Patricedion · May 15, 2018

I'm new to the hobby. Today, I've lost my second fish to ick, only my yellow watchman survived, for now. Now, not counting my watchman, I only have corals, a shrimp and snails in my tank. Can I begin my 76 days countdown if my watchman doesn't get sick or must I only start the countdown in a fishless tank ?

Humblefish · May 15, 2018

You must remove any & all fish in order to go fallow.

A wipeout is more likely to be caused by velvet: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

The surviving goby should be treated with copper in QT while you go fallow in the DT: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/copper-treatment.193343/

deedubz · May 15, 2018

I'm sorry to hear about your losses.

Unfortunately, the fallow period won't start until the goby is removed and treated in a separate tank. Here's a great thread by Humblefish on quarantine

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/

4FordFamily · May 15, 2018

I agree that this sounds more like velvet and all fish must be removed for a fallow period. Otherwise, hosts (and thus the parasites) remain.

Patricedion · May 16, 2018

Humblefish said:
You must remove any & all fish in order to go fallow.

A wipeout is more likely to be caused by velvet: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

The surviving goby should be treated with copper in QT while you go fallow in the DT: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/copper-treatment.193343/

Thanks alot guys. Looks like I'm building tomorrow !

Patricedion · May 16, 2018

Humblefish said:
You must remove any & all fish in order to go fallow.

A wipeout is more likely to be caused by velvet: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

The surviving goby should be treated with copper in QT while you go fallow in the DT: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/copper-treatment.193343/

Is it a good time to replenish my cleaner crew?

deedubz · May 16, 2018

Patricedion said:
Is it a good time to replenish my cleaner crew?

Now would be the perfect time. In essence you'd be doing qt on your inverts while the tank is fish free. The 76 days will start once the last invert is added.

Also, since you'll be running copper, I'd highly recommend the Hanna test kit. It's pricey, but it's as close to 100% as it gets in this hobby.

Here's a link to the kit. You'll want to order extra reagents though since it only comes with 6.
https://hannainst.com/hi702-copper-hr.html

Here's the thread that brought it all to light. It also discovered the inconsistency with Coppersafe. I'd recommend Copper Power if you go chelated copper, or Cupramine if you choose ionic

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...instruments-high-range-copper-checker.368943/

Patricedion · May 16, 2018

dwwataz said:
Now would be the perfect time. In essence you'd be doing qt on your inverts while the tank is fish free. The 76 days will start once the last invert is added.

Also, since you'll be running copper, I'd highly recommend the Hanna test kit. It's pricey, but it's as close to 100% as it gets in this hobby.

Here's a link to the kit. You'll want to order extra reagents though since it only comes with 6.
https://hannainst.com/hi702-copper-hr.html

Here's the thread that brought it all to light. It also discovered the inconsistency with Coppersafe. I'd recommend Copper Power if you go chelated copper, or Cupramine if you choose ionic

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...instruments-high-range-copper-checker.368943/

Thanks alot!!!!