New Member! Help with my reef tank!!
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I feel like a fish out of water (pun intended) when it comes to fish issues. I've just dealt with so few that I have no experience.
Good luck.
I feel like a fish out of water (pun intended) when it comes to fish issues. I've just dealt with so few that I have no experience.
Good luck.
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It will also have to be sterilized. Dried, bleached, rinsed very well, dried again, cured, and then it can go back in. Unless every single wet piece of that system is sterilized then it will not be eradicated. This is why I see uronema as a nightmare.
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The rock will need to be treated with bleach or acid to sterilize it. Toss the sand, too much hassle to try to sterilize.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/vide...s-what-is-the-best-way-to-cure-dry-live-rock/
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I’m reading all the responses here.... this really sucks. I’m sooooo sorry you are going through this. This is a perfect argument for quarantine.... which I can’t do. Good luck to you!
And welcome to the reef....
And welcome to the reef....
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welcome to r2r. Sorry to hear about your fish prob and possible tank teardown. On the plus side, you'll be going from noob to grizzled "been there done that" veteran really quickly!
I wouldn't kick yourself too hard re quarantine. If that pathogen is as pesky as everyone says, it may well have already been in your DT from live rock or sand.
I wouldn't kick yourself too hard re quarantine. If that pathogen is as pesky as everyone says, it may well have already been in your DT from live rock or sand.
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What a bummer to get uronema first thing... but then again, maybe it was a good thing before your tank was completely settled! Better to start over now than after the tank is full of corals and fish! Good luck... I definitely recommend a Quarantine tank and prophylactic treatment ahead of time for the next go around!
What a bummer to get uronema first thing... but then again, maybe it was a good thing before your tank was completely settled! Better to start over now than after the tank is full of corals and fish! Good luck... I definitely recommend a Quarantine tank and prophylactic treatment ahead of time for the next go around!
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Welcome to R2R! Sorry for your troubles, but you are already seeing what a great and helpful group we have here!
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Hi Taylor! Welcome to R2R!!!
Great smile! Keep that smile going as you proceed with this speed bump. You are lucky to be in the first stages of starting and a better time to tear down now then with a tank full of corals.
Looking forward to the progress reports so keep us posted!
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Great smile! Keep that smile going as you proceed with this speed bump. You are lucky to be in the first stages of starting and a better time to tear down now then with a tank full of corals.
Looking forward to the progress reports so keep us posted!
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Welcome, and sorry you’re having issues.
You can sterilize the tank by running bleach through it. Here are the instructions for sterilizing a tank per our resident fish doctor
You can sterilize the tank by running bleach through it. Here are the instructions for sterilizing a tank per our resident fish doctor
Metroplex alone doesn’t always do it, most people end up treating with copper as well to eliminate uronema... it’s one of the toughest parasites to get rid of
Besides that, it’s not usually recommended to use non- reef safe medications in a DT, even empty, since we don’t know how much could be absorbed in the rocks and sand and if it will leach out later...
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Welcome home, you will love it here!
That fish and any it's been in contact with need to be treated with metroplex for 14 days, and fed metroplex in their food mixed with seachem focus (to bind the meds to the food) for 14 days as well. The reason it needs to be fed is that uronema is also an internal ailment. We need to treat both.
If that fish was in any of your display tanks, uronema will be there permanently unless you sterilize the tank, unfortunately. Fallow periods dont work.
I PERSONALLY believe that uronema isn't an issue for a healthy, well-established fish but it can take over at any time if it's present. When it does take over it's deadly and FAST. By the time you see sores it's typically too late
That fish and any it's been in contact with need to be treated with metroplex for 14 days, and fed metroplex in their food mixed with seachem focus (to bind the meds to the food) for 14 days as well. The reason it needs to be fed is that uronema is also an internal ailment. We need to treat both.
If that fish was in any of your display tanks, uronema will be there permanently unless you sterilize the tank, unfortunately. Fallow periods dont work.
I PERSONALLY believe that uronema isn't an issue for a healthy, well-established fish but it can take over at any time if it's present. When it does take over it's deadly and FAST. By the time you see sores it's typically too late
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I can speak from experience that metro does work HOWEVER it's always been in the presence of copper as well. So this may be true, but we've had great luck with this mix. I suspect more the issue with metro is that people are not getting the fish to consume it as well and they're only treating the external uronema. This is just a hypothesis though, as I've only successfully treated uronema WITH copper.Metroplex alone doesn’t always do it, most people end up treating with copper as well to eliminate uronema... it’s one of the toughest parasites to get rid of
Besides that, it’s not usually recommended to use non- reef safe medications in a DT, even empty, since we don’t know how much could be absorbed in the rocks and sand and if it will leach out later...
So if you want to be safe, run copper for 30 days, metroplex for 14 of them. This will take care of brook, ich, velvet, uronema, and even some bacterial infections. Feeding metro may also treat some internal parasites.
The only thing this doesn't treat is flukes, you can dose General Cure twice 5-7 days apart during this timeframe (do water change 1-24 hours later). You can feed GC, too which will kill more internal parasites. General cure contains prazi AND metro. So you can feed this instead, theoretically if you want to knock two birds. I would dose a bit more GC in the food and don't forget focus to bind it to the food so it's consumed. This will handle pretty much everything.
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Welcome to R2R!!! Sorry about your fish.
