Sfin's Dream.

[Lost in the Sauce]

Sorry man, don't use rock in qt, will eat copper too fast, hard to keep level at treatment level .
will defer to @Crabby48 @SaltyT @Lost in the Sauce on wrasses
If you need anything just call...

So long as you are prepared to test and adjust levels daily, as well as be willing to burn the pieces of rock you're going to use, I have no problem throwing a few pieces of rock in a qt to set it up quickly. When treating velvet, that is the name of the game. Get them treated quickly, massive aeration of the water.

Going to assume you'll be using copper here? Some wrasse are sensitive to it but I still treat them.. Can we get a quick fish list run down?

 

[Projects with Sam]

I will use rock to lessen the stress with a container of sand for my little wrasse

@Crabby48 @SaltyT Please advise you are my wrasse experts.

I think pool filter sand is ok in QT.

 

[SaltyT]

Oh man sorry to hear this. When I've used copper on my wrasses I always put a couple pieces of rock and a container of sand in the QT for them. As long as you have a Hanna checker and monitor daily you're good with some rock. I recommend either copper power or copper safe for wrasses maintain your level between 2.25 - 2.50ppm. Copper takes a day or two to start working so I wouldn't ramp it.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I think pool filter sand is ok in QT.

You can also get a 10 lb bag of silica sand from Amazon delivered next day. That is enough to fill two 10 inch by 7-in containers, 3 in deep.

 

[Projects with Sam]

You can also get a 10 lb bag of silica sand from Amazon delivered next day. That is enough to fill two 10 inch by 7-in containers, 3 in deep.

lol waaay better then having a 25lbs deadweight laying about...

 

[sfin52]

So long as you are prepared to test and adjust levels daily, as well as be willing to burn the pieces of rock you're going to use, I have no problem throwing a few pieces of rock in a qt to set it up quickly. When treating velvet, that is the name of the game. Get them treated quickly, massive aeration of the water.

Going to assume you'll be using copper here? Some wrasse are sensitive to it but I still treat them.. Can we get a quick fish list run down?

Leapord wrasse
Falco hawk
Black spot foxface
2 clown
Matted filefish
My stocking was complete

 

[sfin52]

I added a heater to mixing barrel this morning forgot to check salinity. Have another 30gal that I can mix up if needed.
Tank should be in hand this evening. May have to wait till tomorrow evening to pull fish. We are in the middle of busy season and I'm swamped at work

 

[Stang67]

Any ideas how it may have gotten into the system?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Tank should be in hand this evening. May have to wait till tomorrow evening to pull fish. We are in the middle of busy season and I'm swamped at work

If you are positive it's is velvet, tomorrow could be too long my dude Are any of the other fish breathing rapidly?

 

[sfin52]

Only the file fish so far. To me it looks like powdered sugar. To heather it looks like ich. Do I pull just the file or all?

 

[sfin52]

 

[SaltyT]

That's a bad case of ich.

 

[sfin52]

That's a bad case of ich.

Well thats better than I was thinking.

 

[sfin52]

Any ideas how it may have gotten into the system?

Corals is my guess

 

[Goaway]

That's a bad case of ich.

Agreeing with ich.

 

[Stang67]

Ich for sure

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Congrats. That looks like a Thick cryptocaryon infestation. Not great overall but WAYY better than a Velvet outbreak.

Disclaimer: I have no idea how file fish "normally" do, in QT. I've gotten one through my whole protocol, but that could just as easily be luck.

I'd get at Least, the file fish out. How is the breathing? At that level of infestation, I would likely give it a shorter than normal FW dip to help relieve, Some, and get it in the treatment tank with meds.

 

[sfin52]

Qt set up. Letting it warm up and than adding fish. Light spill from mangrove will provide the light and its on a timer ever better

 

[sfin52]

Last night when I got home was able to grab the sleeping filefish with out a net and move it to the qt. Now the rest of the fish need to be moved into copper.

 

[sfin52]

Lots going on in the dream

Buying parts to replace the aqua stops