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  1. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    I did a 20 min freshwater dip on the imperator thursday night and have continued hypo treatment. As of this morning there does not appear to be any more parasites attached. I will continue hypo for additional six weeks before gradually raising the salinity. Thanks for everyone's help as it...
  2. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    They are still eating but are getting pretty covered with the little pests. No digitial camera.
  3. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    The salinity is either 13-14ppt and 1.09 at 82 degrees. The fish are obviously stressed but do come to the front of the tank to feed when I enter the room. However when I'm not in the room they jitter thier fins occasionally and don't move much. Should the parasites have dropped off by now or...
  4. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    Beth/Trey, I took your advice and lowered the salinity to 13.5 ppt after receiveing my refractometer. I also calibrated it at 68 degrees with distilled water. The therapeutic level of salinity was reached tuesday morning. The visibile ich spots have dramatically increased over these past 2+...
  5. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    Beth, I'm not sure where were miscommunicating but the Copper did work in the 75. There were no signs of ich for almost four weeks in the 75 before the additonal three weeks of no ich in the display tank. I am certain that there was no ich in the 75 when I transferred the fish to the display...
  6. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    Beth, I don't think my live rock is alive to begin with and I know for sure that the sand is not alive. I only have about an inch of sand and their is nothing living in it that can be seen with the [hr] eye. I don't think their is room in the 75 for all of the fish inlcuding the ones that...
  7. jsisler

    Ich outbreak - Need Help Quick

    I have a 300 gallon tank that has been setup for about six months. I also have about 200 lbs of live rock that is pretty much base rock after the curing process which killed anything visible on the rock. I am running two giant algae scrubbers for filtration and currently have all zeros with a...
  8. jsisler

    Niger Trigger Needs Help!

    I need some help from the experts here. I have had a 6inch Niger Trigger for about 3 three years now and he appears to have some type of an bloated stomach or swim bladder. He has been lying on his side for about four days and will not eat. My water parameters are fine and the temp is about...
  9. jsisler

    Blue-Face, Niger Trigger, & Imp. in trouble. Trey Can you help?

    Trey, Hope all is well! Unfornatuely, I need you're help again. All three of my fish in the subject line have something similar to cloudy eye, but its not the typical cloudy eye. They all have a slight cloudy spot on just part of the eye (actually both eyes on all three fish.) It almost...
  10. jsisler

    Flavirostris Butterfly?

    Anybody know anything about a Flavirostris Butterfly?
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