Hi Everyone,
Well, 3 days ago I purchased my firstfish for my 2 month old cycled 30 gallon tank. I brought home a cutelittle royal gramma who looked fat and healthy. I have a QT tank butI figured, since he already looked so healthy, and since there wereno other fish in the tank, it would be easier and less stressful forhim to go directly into the main tank. I drip acclimated him, andwithin less than 24 hours of being in the tank he was out swimming around and eating well forme. Well, flash forward 24 more hours and sure enough he hasdeveloped a few teeny, tiny white spots on his tail fins and a coupleon his head.
So now I am debating on what I shoulddo for treatment. He is still eating and acting good, so I haveconsidered seeing if he will fight it off on his own, especiallysince I will have to tear my tank apart to catch him, which will beeven more stress on the little guy. However, I have noticed theamount of spots go from about 3 to 10 in just 12 hours. I have read a ton ofarticles on marine ich, but I am still unsure what would be the bestcourse of action to take in this situation. I'm torn between notwanting to put him through the stress of capture and moving and notwanting to let the ich get really bad
At what point I should make the call topull him out and treat, vs seeing if he will fight it off? And if Ido what would be the most effective, easiest way to treat him? I'dreally like to treat without spending a ton of money on new supplies.I have a complete QT setup to work with, a swing arm hydrometer,cordon rid-ich plus, and seachem paraguard on hand.
Also, I am fairly certain this is indeed ich. However, the spots are much smaller than the freshwater ich I have seen. They are really only about 1/2 the size of a grain of salt, or maybe the size of a grain of sugar sand. Is there a chance this is something other than ich? Or can ich be that tiny?
Well, 3 days ago I purchased my firstfish for my 2 month old cycled 30 gallon tank. I brought home a cutelittle royal gramma who looked fat and healthy. I have a QT tank butI figured, since he already looked so healthy, and since there wereno other fish in the tank, it would be easier and less stressful forhim to go directly into the main tank. I drip acclimated him, andwithin less than 24 hours of being in the tank he was out swimming around and eating well forme. Well, flash forward 24 more hours and sure enough he hasdeveloped a few teeny, tiny white spots on his tail fins and a coupleon his head.
So now I am debating on what I shoulddo for treatment. He is still eating and acting good, so I haveconsidered seeing if he will fight it off on his own, especiallysince I will have to tear my tank apart to catch him, which will beeven more stress on the little guy. However, I have noticed theamount of spots go from about 3 to 10 in just 12 hours. I have read a ton ofarticles on marine ich, but I am still unsure what would be the bestcourse of action to take in this situation. I'm torn between notwanting to put him through the stress of capture and moving and notwanting to let the ich get really bad
At what point I should make the call topull him out and treat, vs seeing if he will fight it off? And if Ido what would be the most effective, easiest way to treat him? I'dreally like to treat without spending a ton of money on new supplies.I have a complete QT setup to work with, a swing arm hydrometer,cordon rid-ich plus, and seachem paraguard on hand.
Also, I am fairly certain this is indeed ich. However, the spots are much smaller than the freshwater ich I have seen. They are really only about 1/2 the size of a grain of salt, or maybe the size of a grain of sugar sand. Is there a chance this is something other than ich? Or can ich be that tiny?
