Mash
02-13-2003, 09:05 PM
The ich battle has begun, we are on day 3 of the fight so far and no one has died yet. Not sure if I am winning or at a stand still since I have never had a problem with ich before.
Ok here is what happened I bought a new 120 gallon tank used with a ton of stuff and live rock for a steel. Clean it up set it up cycle it, finally start adding fish and cleaners. All is looking good.
Finally I finish my new 900 watt light fixture is built except the glass for it. So I put some temporary glass in so I can run the light and not boil my fish. First two days lights work great tank temp is staying at a good level fish and tank look great. Day 3 of running the new lights one of the temporary glass sections falls out. Roommate picks it up and doesn't replace it. I get home from work and roommate goes you have a sick fish. To my surprise he is right and the tank is way to warm. Seems that warm temp stressed the powder blue out in the tank, that combined with the warm water help start a ich out break. Powder blue has allot of white spots other fish no signs or one or two spots.
Day 1: Run to the store grab a bottle of kick - ich and start dosing the tank. Stop running halides and just run my PC. Let the tank temp drop down to a low range in temp.
Day 2: Things seem no worse no better which is not surprising since Kick- ich is supposed to stop only the spreading stage of ich. Have the time to catch every fish in the tank and do a chlorine treated fresh water dip of them. Dangerous practice at best but these are dire striates. All fish survive the dip in the fresh water; stress a bit then return to normal activity. Powder blue slimes up a bit and some white spots flake off. A number of spots still remain. Cross my fingers and start waiting.
Day 3: Treat with kick -ich again fish seem no better no worse. All fish are still eating and still swimming. Powder blue hangs out near the cleaner shrimp and I have seen him at least clean his back fin. Have not seen any serous cleaning like my other tangs in my other tank. Serous cleaning would be prolonged rides of the shrimp. The powder blue is eating good so I am hoping he will make it. He still has allot of white spots but no way of telling if they are dead or alive.
Future plans include garlic and Selcon soaked food. Also intend to grab a couple of extra cleaner shrimp this weekend. Only trouble it this is all Murphy's work since I leave Monday for 11 days of work travel and must leave the fish in the roommates hands.
I guess we will all find out when I get back from my trip if the fish look better or if I should shoot Murphy for the loss of one or many fish..
Any one have some thoughts or comments on their own battles with the dreaded ich.
Ok here is what happened I bought a new 120 gallon tank used with a ton of stuff and live rock for a steel. Clean it up set it up cycle it, finally start adding fish and cleaners. All is looking good.
Finally I finish my new 900 watt light fixture is built except the glass for it. So I put some temporary glass in so I can run the light and not boil my fish. First two days lights work great tank temp is staying at a good level fish and tank look great. Day 3 of running the new lights one of the temporary glass sections falls out. Roommate picks it up and doesn't replace it. I get home from work and roommate goes you have a sick fish. To my surprise he is right and the tank is way to warm. Seems that warm temp stressed the powder blue out in the tank, that combined with the warm water help start a ich out break. Powder blue has allot of white spots other fish no signs or one or two spots.
Day 1: Run to the store grab a bottle of kick - ich and start dosing the tank. Stop running halides and just run my PC. Let the tank temp drop down to a low range in temp.
Day 2: Things seem no worse no better which is not surprising since Kick- ich is supposed to stop only the spreading stage of ich. Have the time to catch every fish in the tank and do a chlorine treated fresh water dip of them. Dangerous practice at best but these are dire striates. All fish survive the dip in the fresh water; stress a bit then return to normal activity. Powder blue slimes up a bit and some white spots flake off. A number of spots still remain. Cross my fingers and start waiting.
Day 3: Treat with kick -ich again fish seem no better no worse. All fish are still eating and still swimming. Powder blue hangs out near the cleaner shrimp and I have seen him at least clean his back fin. Have not seen any serous cleaning like my other tangs in my other tank. Serous cleaning would be prolonged rides of the shrimp. The powder blue is eating good so I am hoping he will make it. He still has allot of white spots but no way of telling if they are dead or alive.
Future plans include garlic and Selcon soaked food. Also intend to grab a couple of extra cleaner shrimp this weekend. Only trouble it this is all Murphy's work since I leave Monday for 11 days of work travel and must leave the fish in the roommates hands.
I guess we will all find out when I get back from my trip if the fish look better or if I should shoot Murphy for the loss of one or many fish..
Any one have some thoughts or comments on their own battles with the dreaded ich.