Ick running wild

[Humblefish]

Random question but why don’t you fill your QTs all the way to the top with water?

To prevent salt creep when using a bubbler:

However, in my main QT room I fill the tanks to the top because I am using HOB filters:

 

[AngryMike2016]

But how do you prevent Radiohead Creep?

 

[Humblefish]

But how do you prevent Radiohead Creep?

I want to wrestle you in a lumberjack match. Half of the lumberjacks QT, half do not. ;Smuggrin

 

[RMS18]

I've done both, and I find QT to be more consistently reliable. There are too many unknowns when it comes to disease management. Most of us who quarantine are on the same page and our routine is easily repeatable. Those who plop and drop will tell you to feed garlic, ginger, live foods, fish oil; utilize a UV, diatom, oxydator, ozone... Which of those methods should a newbie follow?

This hobby has enough challenges that at times do not have a guaranteed solution or method. QT on the other hand does, and eliminating the chance of sick fish is a win on my book. Now if I can just keep dam acros alive!

 

[HB AL]

I've done both, and I find QT to be more consistently reliable. There are too many unknowns when it comes to disease management. Most of us who quarantine are on the same page and our routine is easily repeatable. Those who plop and drop will tell you to feed garlic, ginger, live foods, fish oil; utilize a UV, diatom, oxydator, ozone... Which of those methods should a newbie follow?

Of all the above thing you mentioned all I have is what most would consider an inexpensive uv.

 

[Halal Hotdog]

My fish have been going though this cycle for about a week now. They look fine, act normal, and eat fine all day. But in the afternoon a lot of them will start to get white spots all over them (I’m assuming ick) when I come home for lunch they all look completely fine like there’s no ick anymore. Then the whole process restarts. Before you suggest it, no I can’t pull everything out of my tank. Is the best corse of action to keep them eating and hope they fight it off? My LFS always tells me that ick can’t kill healthy fish that aren’t stressed. Are my fish stressed? Or is the lack of stress keeping them alive? Thanks.

Eventually all of our tanks go through a major stressful event, that is when I would be really concerned about what is going to happen to the fish. Living with parasites would be a constant worry for me, always nervous about adding new fish, or accidentally passing it to a friend I'm trading corals with. You mentioned UV and that would be a great bandaid, as long as it is large enough and the flow rate is correct. Back in the day I did read an article about how cryptocaryon can be self limiting, and it can disappear from a low populated tank with addition of no new fish over the course of a couple of years. I think a lot of variables needed to line up for the parasite to slowly fade away, but as mentioned, I'm not sure that is what you have. If amyloodinium is likely then I would be pooping myself.

 

[Pdash]

To prevent salt creep when using a bubbler:

However, in my main QT room I fill the tanks to the top because I am using HOB filters:

Fantastic setup, fish look super healthy and relaxed!

 

[Sailfinguy21]

You dont habe velvet i saw your pic zoomed in.. i can count and see the spots.. its just a really bad case of ich.

That fish will die if you dont start hyposalinity on it. I can vouche that the yellow eye tang can handle hyposalinity at 1.007 just fine.. thats what i kept mine at for 2 months.

The fish csn also handle the drop ommediatly so put the tank at 1.007 to 1.009 and in 3 to 7 days when the ich falls off it wont come back.

If this were velvet hed be dead already. Some people on the forums cant tell the diff between ich and velvet. Sometimes i cant either.

Does your kole tang look like this ?.. if so thats ich not velvet.. little hit when taking pics... dont use all blue lights in your tank..

 

[austenreefer]

Update: approaching 2 weeks and still alive.... I can’t explain it but here we are.

 

[austenreefer]

You dont habe velvet i saw your pic zoomed in.. i can count and see the spots.. its just a really bad case of ich.

That fish will die if you dont start hyposalinity on it. I can vouche that the yellow eye tang can handle hyposalinity at 1.007 just fine.. thats what i kept mine at for 2 months.

The fish csn also handle the drop ommediatly so put the tank at 1.007 to 1.009 and in 3 to 7 days when the ich falls off it wont come back.

If this were velvet hed be dead already. Some people on the forums cant tell the diff between ich and velvet. Sometimes i cant either.

Does your kole tang look like this ?.. if so thats ich not velvet.. little hit when taking pics... dont use all blue lights in your tank..

Yes actually that’s what it looks like but not that bad