Is this white spot?
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Looks like textbook ich to me.
You have several options, including a couple good ones. Tell us about your tank. Any other fish in there? Any corals or other inverts? Do you have a QT available?
You have several options, including a couple good ones. Tell us about your tank. Any other fish in there? Any corals or other inverts? Do you have a QT available?
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Based on size are mucus cones associated with Marine ich.Fish is healthy, still eating. 2 clowns are fine.
What are my options?
You will need to place fish in Quarantine tank and treat with Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.
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Tanks 200g 800L there is 1 purple tang with the spots. 4 green Chromas and 2 clowns which don’t have spots. A couple snails and a Nem. I don’t have a QT tank, wish I did no room unfortunately.
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I do have a small tank on hand I can setup. But no equipment, cycled water for it? I can’t have another permanent tank setup in my
Apartment. But I could have a temp one. How could I go about that?
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One option would be to move the snails and anemone to the smaller tank and then treat your main tank with all of the fish in it with hyposalinity. Your other fish aren’t showing ich spots yet, but they’ve been exposed so will need to be treated. Here is a post about hypo:
Hyposalinity
Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...
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Ok so I think I’ll do this but to get it right. I need to lower my salinity from 35 ppt to 12 over 2 days? Keep it at 12 salinity for 30-35 days.One option would be to move the snails and anemone to the smaller tank and then treat your main tank with all of the fish in it with hyposalinity. Your other fish aren’t showing ich spots yet, but they’ve been exposed so will need to be treated. Here is a post about hypo:
Hyposalinity
Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...
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I have a Hanna salinity checker I’ll be using. I’ll keep the nem and snails in the small tank. Is there anything else I missed or need to be aware of ?
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You can lower the salinity fairly quickly (dont go instantaneously) to 1.009 salinity. Once treatment is over/cured, you have to bring salinity up VERY slowly
Hypo in the display is the 'easy button' in my opinion in this case. That's what I would do.
It's probably worth checking ammonia daily for the first few days, but I have NOT had cycling issues when performing hypo in a display full of fish.
It's probably worth checking ammonia daily for the first few days, but I have NOT had cycling issues when performing hypo in a display full of fish.
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got my qt setup, dont have a wave maker though. Im guessing since theres no fish i wont need one?
Also could not find one of the snails. :S
is there anything else i need to get for the qt setup?
Also could not find one of the snails. :S
is there anything else i need to get for the qt setup?
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got my qt setup, dont have a wave maker though. Im guessing since theres no fish i wont need one?
Also could not find one of the snails. :S
is there anything else i need to get for the qt setup?
More light for the anemone?
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I think you'll want some sort of water movement. A cheap wavemaker would work. I have a big sponge filter like you would see in freshwater in mine, but I had to weigh it down since it floated in my saltwater. A hang-on-back works okay too. They all have strengths and weaknesses.
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I would not do that, since the anemone was exposed to ich, it could carry that to the dealer's tanks (of course, maybe your case of ich came from there anyway?). The anemone needs to be held 45 days or so with no fish in order to ensure it is non-infective.
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Hey so my purple tang and clowns died while i was doing hyposalinity.. : (
The anenome is fine in the quarantine and 4 green chromis are left in the tank. not sure what i did wrong but i guess ill learn to quarantine all fish next time.
As for the display do i just keep it at 12 ppt salinity until the 35 days is up and then add some fish again?
The anenome is fine in the quarantine and 4 green chromis are left in the tank. not sure what i did wrong but i guess ill learn to quarantine all fish next time.
As for the display do i just keep it at 12 ppt salinity until the 35 days is up and then add some fish again?
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Not sure I understand - yes, hyposalinity should be run at 12 ppt for 30 days, then slowly bring the fish out of it over 4 or 5 days. Don’t add fish to an active hypo treatment. And, if you add new non-quarantined fish, you may reintroduce ich again.
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