What's up with my fish

[dstockwell]

Two more gone, Ebili, and hog.

 

[dstockwell]

I just can't understand how a tank that is over a year old can go from good to horrible in such a short time frame. I will be lucky if any fish survive, if brook is clown fish disease guess what won't be coming back into the tank unless it survives QT.

Is there anything I need to dose in DT, corals are fine.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Two more gone, Ebili, and hog.

In just 20 minutes since your previous post? Were they showing symptoms?

Have you tried treating them with anything yet?

Jay

 

[dstockwell]

The only thing I could get local https://www.kordon.com/kordon/produ...ives-and-treatments-2/rid-ich#compatabilities!

Because neither LFS or Petsmart had Rally Pro or formalin. Formalin on Amazon 7 days on fastest ship

 

[vetteguy53081]

The only thing I could get local https://www.kordon.com/kordon/produ...ives-and-treatments-2/rid-ich#compatabilities!

Because neither LFS or Petsmart had Rally Pro or formalin. Formalin on Amazon 7 days on fastest ship

Unfortunately while better than nothing, I see rid-ich rarely effective

 

[dstockwell]

In just 20 minutes since your previous post? Were they showing symptoms?

Have you tried treating them with anything yet?

Jay

No don't remember the time I was, but that is what was left.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The only thing I could get local https://www.kordon.com/kordon/produ...ives-and-treatments-2/rid-ich#compatabilities!

Because neither LFS or Petsmart had Rally Pro or formalin. Formalin on Amazon 7 days on fastest ship

Rid-Ich has formalin in it, but it also has malachite green. The problem is that the ratio it is made with, you cannot get a high enough dose for the formalin without overdosing the fish with the malachite green component. As-dosed, it is only 15 ppm formalin. Have you seen any improvement in the remaining fish after using it?

Jay

 

[dstockwell]

The clown is eating I didn't see whether the other two did or not. The Bristeltooth has some activity. Just put on the U.V to clear the bio bloom. I have some carbon I will run before switching to Rally Pro.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The clown is eating I didn't see whether the other two did or not. The Bristeltooth has some activity. Just put on the U.V to clear the bio bloom. I have some carbon I will run before switching to Rally Pro.

Be sure to aerate the tank well if you have a bacterial bloom, the bacteria can really pull oxygen from the water .
Jay

 

[dstockwell]

Well I still have tang, gramma, clown. Water is cleared from using the U.V. Waiting for Rally pro before I run carbom to switch meds.

 

[dstockwell]

So two treatments in and the only thing left is the clown, what the ####. Is there anything I need to do to DT. Haven't checked water since the last, but corals all look good.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

So two treatments in and the only thing left is the clown, what the ####. Is there anything I need to do to DT. Haven't checked water since the last, but corals all look good.

I’m confused - you’ve been using Rid Ich in your DT? I would have thought it would be bad on corals….

Jay

 

[dstockwell]

Not using anything in DT, used in QT until I got Rally. Was just curious if there was anything than no fish I needed to do in DT.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Not using anything in DT, used in QT until I got Rally. Was just curious if there was anything than no fish I needed to do in DT.

Good - you said “the corals looked good”, so I assumed they were in the same tank as the fish.

As I said, Rid Ich just doesn’t have the correct formalin dose in it to work well…..

Jay

 

[dstockwell]

I'm using Rally Pro in QT for only fish I have left - 1 clown.

 

[dstockwell]

So I have done three treatments of Rally Pro for my one lonely clown. Do I let go until I can see if there is still a problem or treat more?

 

[dstockwell]

bump

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

bump

Sorry - I don’t use rally pro, so I didn’t want to weigh in.

Is the clownfish still showing symptoms?

Jay

 

[dstockwell]

Well no fish made it, so will just sit and watch the corals and inverts do there thing. Don't understand what happened or how, but to late now. I will check my water and do a 20% water change. Really need to trim some pulsing xenia, and try another aquascape since I had to move most rocks to get the fish out.

 

[dstockwell]

I started running a some carbon a little after brook incident and have never seen the water so clear, and the rest of the tank corals mostly soft are looking great. Just waiting on fish date Jan 4th their about.