melypr1985
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Do it in a dip (separate container) follow the directions outlined above for the dip then you can put him in the QT.
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Do it in a dip (separate container) follow the directions outlined above for the dip then you can put him in the QT.
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805reef
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OK, I just dipped him by following the directions and he is back in the QT. His fins do look burned up a bit. I am going to start the furan-2 treatment now.
Thank you so much for your help Meredith!
Well unfortunately he didn't make it.
Thank you for your help though. I have decided to become an R2R supporter because of the wonderful help/advice from this fish disease subforum. @revhtree thank you for getting such valuable contributors on this site.
I'm sorry to hear he didn't make it.
But thank you for supporting R2R and we will be here anytime you have a fish disease question.
melypr1985
totally addicted
I'm sorry to hear he didn't make it.
+1 Sorry about your loss
This is my opinion only.
First, you need setup QT and it has goes through complete cycles then you can pick any option below to treat your fishes. Most of fishes die while treatment is not because ICH. They are die because they cannot handle ammonia spike or nitrite spike. Besides that, you will spend extra money to buy those kind of Stability, ammonia alert, prime, Malachite green/Methylene blue, Furan-2 or Mitrofuracin Green powder…etc..
Once your Quarantine tank cycled then you don’t need to worry any else, just concentrate to treat your fishes. And here are options you can choose:
Option 1: Cupmarine or Cooper
Introduce your fishes to QT then follow direction of the treatment (30 days treatment). The different here is your quarantine tank had cycled so you and your fishes don’t need to deal ammonia or nitrite as new QT. I don’t need write everything down in here, the link in this forum will show how to treat cooper.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
Option 2: Hypo salinity
Low SG at Quarantine tank to treat your fish and same as I said above, you are not worry about ammonia or nitrite, just be sure your sg around 1.007 to 1.009 max (30 days treatment then increase sg). Please follow instruction from the link in this forum:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
Option 3: Transfer Tank metal (TTM)
At this metal, keep your QT had cycled run by itself without fishes. Looking for 2 big buckets, mix saltwater in QT with fresh saltwater in the bucket then introduce fishes in there with heater and power head and air pump. Refill fresh saltwater into quarantine tank for next batch. That is difference between me and the link show is I keep QT had pass cycled for the last, using QT saltwater for TTM.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
After you finished the treatment, you can put all your fishes in quarantine tank for other 2 months without any worry because the tank already went through the cycled. (Total 15 days treatment)
Option 4: This option I created by myself that is Hypo salinity and TTM combination
With this metal, I save a lot of mix salt by hypo and reduce half of treatment time of hypo salinity by TTM
I use saltwater from QT mix with RO/DI water in the big bucket to 1.007 ~ 1.009 with heater, powerhead and air pump then transfer fishes to other bucket every 3 days to 5 times. After the treatment finish, put those fishes to quarantine tank WITH SAME SG. 1.007 ~ 1.009 then slowly increase sg then wait to put back DT when it is ready.
With your Quarantine tank is cycled as I said above, your fishes will less stress and yourself too. You are not check ammonia, nitrite 3 times a day anymore, you don’t need buy some extra medicine not relate to illness and you can sleep well.
This is just my opinion, I am not arguing to anybody in here, I just want fish owner know you will have a lot of problems behind the scene when your quarantine tank doesn’t pass cycle yet and no one will help you right away as you expected. Your expensive fishes’ life cannot wait any longer. The different I offer to you other than people in here is your QUARANTINE TANK must go through cycle before any treatment come up.
Good luck for next time
First, you need setup QT and it has goes through complete cycles then you can pick any option below to treat your fishes. Most of fishes die while treatment is not because ICH. They are die because they cannot handle ammonia spike or nitrite spike. Besides that, you will spend extra money to buy those kind of Stability, ammonia alert, prime, Malachite green/Methylene blue, Furan-2 or Mitrofuracin Green powder…etc..
Once your Quarantine tank cycled then you don’t need to worry any else, just concentrate to treat your fishes. And here are options you can choose:
Option 1: Cupmarine or Cooper
Introduce your fishes to QT then follow direction of the treatment (30 days treatment). The different here is your quarantine tank had cycled so you and your fishes don’t need to deal ammonia or nitrite as new QT. I don’t need write everything down in here, the link in this forum will show how to treat cooper.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
Option 2: Hypo salinity
Low SG at Quarantine tank to treat your fish and same as I said above, you are not worry about ammonia or nitrite, just be sure your sg around 1.007 to 1.009 max (30 days treatment then increase sg). Please follow instruction from the link in this forum:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
Option 3: Transfer Tank metal (TTM)
At this metal, keep your QT had cycled run by itself without fishes. Looking for 2 big buckets, mix saltwater in QT with fresh saltwater in the bucket then introduce fishes in there with heater and power head and air pump. Refill fresh saltwater into quarantine tank for next batch. That is difference between me and the link show is I keep QT had pass cycled for the last, using QT saltwater for TTM.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treatment-options.247573/
After you finished the treatment, you can put all your fishes in quarantine tank for other 2 months without any worry because the tank already went through the cycled. (Total 15 days treatment)
Option 4: This option I created by myself that is Hypo salinity and TTM combination
With this metal, I save a lot of mix salt by hypo and reduce half of treatment time of hypo salinity by TTM
I use saltwater from QT mix with RO/DI water in the big bucket to 1.007 ~ 1.009 with heater, powerhead and air pump then transfer fishes to other bucket every 3 days to 5 times. After the treatment finish, put those fishes to quarantine tank WITH SAME SG. 1.007 ~ 1.009 then slowly increase sg then wait to put back DT when it is ready.
With your Quarantine tank is cycled as I said above, your fishes will less stress and yourself too. You are not check ammonia, nitrite 3 times a day anymore, you don’t need buy some extra medicine not relate to illness and you can sleep well.
This is just my opinion, I am not arguing to anybody in here, I just want fish owner know you will have a lot of problems behind the scene when your quarantine tank doesn’t pass cycle yet and no one will help you right away as you expected. Your expensive fishes’ life cannot wait any longer. The different I offer to you other than people in here is your QUARANTINE TANK must go through cycle before any treatment come up.
Good luck for next time
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