Too many fish for QT?

Vapour1ze

Vapour1ze

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So, yes, apparently a recent coral purchase or something must have brought ich into my system. It's the unfortunate risk that I take and do not QT coral or snails etc... Well ich is back. Yay I have to catch 10 fish!

I have a 40 breeder for my QT.

NOT CYCLED,

How am I going to do this?

-2" Kole Tang
-Mated Ocellaris Pair
-Flame Hawk
-Melanarus Wrasse
-Sixline Wrasse
-Midas Blenny
-2 Bangai Cardinals


Weekly water changes? 50%?

I need to obviously control ammonia since the fish load will be so heavy.

I am going 10 weeks fallow so they will be in QT for 10 weeks. Feed lightly daily or every two days?

I'm used to QTing 1 or 2 fish at a time.

Thanks all!
 
I'd make up a lot of SW, and do water changes to the display tank and give them to the QT tank and test daily for Ammonia / Copper levels. This way your main tank is getting good water and your QT is always getting good water as well. I'd still feed daily to give them what they need to heal up.
 
Gary said:
I'd make up a lot of SW, and do water changes to the display tank and give them to the QT tank and test daily for Ammonia / Copper levels. This way your main tank is getting good water and your QT is always getting good water as well. I'd still feed daily to give them what they need to heal up.
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If I am doing water changes on the display... The water taken and put back to the QT, will have ich in it then won't it???

Sure I'll be adding copper of course, but aren't I just added more of the living ich since it is still free floating? I don't even have fish out yet, but you get my point.
 
Yes, but the copper should handle that.

You could also just use the new water to do daily water changes, i'd still feed heavy though.
 
What if I just let the tank ride it out. Can't most fish and tanks have ich and everything be fine? Just feed heavy like normal and add some garlic throughout the week? There's no way I'm going to be able to catch all 10 fish within a week. No way.
 
Man that sucks. Especially since all ur fish were qt'd. It could of been the copperband u added a few days ago. I made the same mistake one time. Within 2 weeks all my fish died. Never again will a fish enter my tank without qt. I know it's gonna b a pain in the Ass but if u have the qt tank already, I would just go ahead and qt them. If u just leave them in the DT chances r ich will eventually kill them. If possible mayb get a 10-20 g tank to hold 1-2 fish and put the rest in the 40br.

Good luck.
 
I've got the breeder qt, and yea, EVERYTHING was qt'ed. EXCEPT the copperband. Pretty upset.

I just went through this about 5 months ago. Now here I am again, guess I'll wait until winter again to put fish back in! :suspense:

I don't even know why I said let it ride, I'm going to get them out. I'm just really not looking forward to catching all of these guys! :(
 
I have successfully treated fish with ich in tank.... 1 scoop metro, 1 scoop focus(mix both together first.)1 pump aqua tech selco into 1tbls rods 30 days...off 2 week another 4 weeks(just in case) n all was gone...got all the supplies at ocean design.
 
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jayjerk said:
I have successfully treated fish with ich in tank.... 1 scoop metro, 1 scoop focus(mix both together first.)1 pump aqua tech selco into 1tbls rods 30 days...off 2 week another 4 weeks(just in case) n all was gone...got all the supplies at ocean design.
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Can you elaborate on the Focus, Metro, and Selco?

Brands, Prices, ETC? I may try it in the meantime since it's going to take me time to catch them all anyway.s
 
jayjerk said:
I have successfully treated fish with ich in tank.... 1 scoop metro, 1 scoop focus(mix both together first.)1 pump aqua tech selco into 1tbls rods 30 days...off 2 week another 4 weeks(just in case) n all was gone...got all the supplies at ocean design.
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+1 they around 10$ each tube little less maybe used plenty of times
 
Keep in mind you would most likely still have the parasite in the tank after this, it would possibly help treat them, but not cure them of it.
 
RockOn681 said:
Keep in mind you would most likely still have the parasite in the tank after this, it would possibly help treat them, but not cure them of it.
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Imo not true but defintly cant prove either . Treatment has always worked and never came back even to the point where i am confident enough to put a fish with ich in there and just start treatment again . But u ciuld be right i just never seen it come back on its own only from new sick fish
 
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