anarchyx914
04/28/2016, 09:44 AM
Hello,
I have been pretty religious with my new tank setup for the past 2 years and have been disease free up until now.
I recently got 2 new fish -- A Harlequin Tusk, and a Clown Trigger. I took both fish and did TTM with prazi with them for 15 days, transferred fish at the 68 hour mark. I followed all proper protocols. Tanks were vinegar sprayed and dried with a fan as were all PVC and heaters and airstones/lines changed during each transfer.
The fish looked great and were eating great as well. I put them into another tank for just a few days of observation before adding them to my DT. I should also add that i just started up my DT with biopellets a few weeks ago as well as I added some Red Gracialara to my sump to grow for my tangs which now that i think of it may have introduced something into my system.
The only two fish currently showing a symptom are the harlequin tusk and the clown trigger. They both have some spots on their tails/fins but no visible spots on their bodies. They have been in the DT for about 12 days. I haven't noticed any spots or anything on my other fish yet in the tank with the exception of my porcupine puffer who has kind of a similar cloudy spot on his tail which I couldn't get a good shot of on my camera as his fins are always moving.
I am thinking this is ich but not 100% sure as I havent really delt with it much other than before which the whole entire fish had the sprinkled with salt look, it could be something bacterial because of the biopellets increasing that population. If its Ich I aboslutely cannot do TTM on my fish. I have many 8-10" fish and dont have tanks to accommodate all of them. I have a packet of 50G of CLoroquine Phosphate which was what i planned to use as it will not nuke my rock. I can empty all of my sand out of the DT into a bin and bleach for several weeks to hopefully kill any ich in it as well as make the CP more effective as a treatement in the DT as I have read that it sometimes has issues with sand.
Here are some pics to hopefully help:
http://www.x0e.org/pics/fish/pic1.jpg
http://www.x0e.org/pics/fish/pic2.jpg
I have been pretty religious with my new tank setup for the past 2 years and have been disease free up until now.
I recently got 2 new fish -- A Harlequin Tusk, and a Clown Trigger. I took both fish and did TTM with prazi with them for 15 days, transferred fish at the 68 hour mark. I followed all proper protocols. Tanks were vinegar sprayed and dried with a fan as were all PVC and heaters and airstones/lines changed during each transfer.
The fish looked great and were eating great as well. I put them into another tank for just a few days of observation before adding them to my DT. I should also add that i just started up my DT with biopellets a few weeks ago as well as I added some Red Gracialara to my sump to grow for my tangs which now that i think of it may have introduced something into my system.
The only two fish currently showing a symptom are the harlequin tusk and the clown trigger. They both have some spots on their tails/fins but no visible spots on their bodies. They have been in the DT for about 12 days. I haven't noticed any spots or anything on my other fish yet in the tank with the exception of my porcupine puffer who has kind of a similar cloudy spot on his tail which I couldn't get a good shot of on my camera as his fins are always moving.
I am thinking this is ich but not 100% sure as I havent really delt with it much other than before which the whole entire fish had the sprinkled with salt look, it could be something bacterial because of the biopellets increasing that population. If its Ich I aboslutely cannot do TTM on my fish. I have many 8-10" fish and dont have tanks to accommodate all of them. I have a packet of 50G of CLoroquine Phosphate which was what i planned to use as it will not nuke my rock. I can empty all of my sand out of the DT into a bin and bleach for several weeks to hopefully kill any ich in it as well as make the CP more effective as a treatement in the DT as I have read that it sometimes has issues with sand.
Here are some pics to hopefully help:
http://www.x0e.org/pics/fish/pic1.jpg
http://www.x0e.org/pics/fish/pic2.jpg