Need a bit of guidance reefer fam :)

scoobysnack77 · Feb 19, 2015

Well i like many other have ICH in my tank now so I'm draining it to get my fish out for hypo salinity treatment. i have a young SPS dominated reef that i want to keep alive during the drain and fish chase. how can i keep my acros from dying from being exposed to air? can i have someone mist them with a spray bottle while i gather the fish? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated because i love my fish and my corals so i want to make this as safe as possible.

a6walter1 · Feb 19, 2015

Why are you draining the tank?

reefwiser · Feb 19, 2015

Acros can stand being out of the water for a period of time. I don't know how your corals are mounted in your tank. Put you could also place them in a bucket of tank water from the draining of your tank.

svogun · Feb 19, 2015

If you are just lowering the water level to make it easier to snag the fish, acros shouldnt be affected. In the wild during low tide these corals can be out of the water and exposed to direct sunlight for hours with no ill effects. Good luck with the crypto cleanse.

scoobysnack77 · Feb 19, 2015

a6walter1 said:
Why are you draining the tank?

because catching my fish in a trap will be VERY difficult and i just want to begin treatment ASAP

scoobysnack77 · Feb 19, 2015

reefwiser said:
Acros can stand being out of the water for a period of time. I don't know how your corals are mounted in your tank. Put you could also place them in a bucket of tank water from the draining of your tank.

they are glued so i can remove them

scoobysnack77 · Feb 19, 2015

svogun said:
If you are just lowering the water level to make it easier to snag the fish, acros shouldnt be affected. In the wild during low tide these corals can be out of the water and exposed to direct sunlight for hours with no ill effects. Good luck with the crypto cleanse.

well those corals are used to being in the air but mine have never been exposed for longer than a few seconds. i think ill just put them in the quarantine and reglue them when all the fish are removed. i just want to be as safe as possible so i minimize stress on my acros because we all know how much they love stress

lol

hejjo · Feb 20, 2015

I got ick raised my temp to 81 now I don't have ick.

Reefing Madness · Feb 20, 2015

I'd not be draining the tank. Watch your fish, stressing them isn't going to help the situation any. If they continue to eat, leave them alone. In the mean time, get a 10-20g set up, Using some of the ammo lock and things out there, you can remove the ammonia from the tank as you put in the new fish for hypo. Really no easy way to get a QT tank going unless you already have one. But me, I'd leave the fish alone, unless they are under a ton of white spots, which means that QT probably wouldn't help at that point anyways.

reefwiser · Feb 20, 2015

I always think about removing corals before they are placed in the tank, If something happens you don't want the corals to not be removable from the tank,

scoobysnack77 · Feb 22, 2015

hejjo said:
I got ick raised my temp to 81 now I don't have ick.

raising the temp of a tank just speeds uP the life cycle of ICH I read.

scoobysnack77 · Feb 22, 2015

Reefing Madness said:
I'd not be draining the tank. Watch your fish, stressing them isn't going to help the situation any. If they continue to eat, leave them alone. In the mean time, get a 10-20g set up, Using some of the ammo lock and things out there, you can remove the ammonia from the tank as you put in the new fish for hypo. Really no easy way to get a QT tank going unless you already have one. But me, I'd leave the fish alone, unless they are under a ton of white spots, which means that QT probably wouldn't help at that point anyways.

yea fish are dying so its time to get them out and get them into quarantine asap. doing copper treatment. can anyone recommend a good fish trap to catch a damsel,firefish and a bartlett anthia that i couldn't catch yesterday by draining the tank?

JFrar · Feb 22, 2015

ya i think raising the temp above 80 is asking for trouble in every way for your fish...im pretty sure increase of temp equals increase of metabolism and their use of energy...something like that

Skynyrd Fish · Feb 22, 2015

Get some new life spectrum Thera a pellet food. It helps the fish fight off the ich. Also a cleaner shrimp or wrasse. I have been able to stop ich from becoming a massive outbreak by doing this. Get your quarantine ready just in case. Stable temp, salinity and water Parma help as well. If your running a sump you could switch out filter socks daily. Bleach them once used then let dry completely before reuse. They should trap free swimming ich. Good luck. You can beat this.

saltyphish · Feb 22, 2015

Not a fool proof method or cure. I have read few success stories with this and a lot where it did not help

hejjo said:
I got ick raised my temp to 81 now I don't have ick.

svogun · Feb 27, 2015

scoobysnack77 said:
well those corals are used to being in the air but mine have never been exposed for longer than a few seconds. i think ill just put them in the quarantine and reglue them when all the fish are removed. i just want to be as safe as possible so i minimize stress on my acros because we all know how much they love stress lol

Being conservative in this hobby is never a bad thing. Best of luck.