Is this ich
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Joshua Kerstetter
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Sorry to upload something basic but here's the stats, Fish were purchased from NY aquatics and delivered wednesday, 5 fish in total, in a 30 gallon isolation tank, has some pvc, basic carbon mesh type filters, temp is good, they're all eating. Moorish idol, and purple tank have light white spots on them, the cleaner goby, niger trigger and anathias don't have the dots. I have cupramine and prazipro on hand in case, but I've never actually had to treat my fish for anything before, what's the best set of action. Spots only showed up today and I check on these guys at leas 5x times a day.
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You need to start copper.
That is velvet.
A 5 min FW dip may provide some temporary relief.
See this link:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/
That is velvet.
A 5 min FW dip may provide some temporary relief.
See this link:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/
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Joshua Kerstetter
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Ty..I started copper as the bottle instructions last night..that idol is a monster so I avoided the few dip...checked on them this morning they look ok still acting normal and eating
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So going off my dates of even the post above, they've been in QT for over 30 days now. I checked copper levels I'm at .3. I did several water changes to keep ammonia down. All 3 fish in there are happy and eating well. It took weeks for the trigger to finally be more social now he's out all the time. He still has what looks to be a brasion on one eye, but looks similar to 'pop eye' that I've seen before that normally takes care of itself. I'm worried about the fainy white lines on the purple tang, is this tissue damage from the velvet. Basically I want some input on are these guys totally ready for the display? or keep them in QT some more, I have quite a large stock in my display now and am cautious about letting anything bad into the display.
HotRocks
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That is HLLE on the purple tang, which unfortunately is common for zebrasoma tangs and copper.So going off my dates of even the post above, they've been in QT for over 30 days now. I checked copper levels I'm at .3. I did several water changes to keep ammonia down. All 3 fish in there are happy and eating well. It took weeks for the trigger to finally be more social now he's out all the time. He still has what looks to be a brasion on one eye, but looks similar to 'pop eye' that I've seen before that normally takes care of itself. I'm worried about the fainy white lines on the purple tang, is this tissue damage from the velvet. Basically I want some input on are these guys totally ready for the display? or keep them in QT some more, I have quite a large stock in my display now and am cautious about letting anything bad into the display.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hlle-head-lateral-line-erosion.259916/
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Gotcha, well, I've tested for stray voltage in the Qt tank, and its clear, the Main tank has a ground probe so that should be covered as well. I run carbon on the main system, so I'll swap it out for fresh stuff the day before I transfer. I've been feeding dried mysis, flakes, and hikari S pellets in QT. Now in my main I feed all those but also, nori, 3 varieties of frozen, and lots of other stuff, so I think the additional variety will help as well. Thanks for all your help on this, although I feel really bad these fish suffered, I learned a lot during this QT process. What do you recommend for the QT tank now.. I plan on tearing it down, cleaning it thoroughly then setting it back up for another batch of new fish in maybe a month or so, any other precautions I should take?
