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So I've been hypo for 4 days now...and my Lavender Tang and my Hippo Tang finally bit the dust....I guess they were too comprised...and couldnt fight the ich during the hypo...all other fish are doing great... my two clowns' signs of ich are lessening...my four striped damsel and my scooter...

So today i was looking down my filter tubes and notice that it was covered in something whitish....some of it came out of the tube and into the water. they vary in size and are very narrow strands. any ideas what they are?

my quarantine tub my empty tank...being re-cycled...

Originally Posted by sepulatian Is the tub clear as glass? How will you be able to see them? They are not Koi fish. You will have to see their sides and fins. no, the tub isnt clear, but it doesnt matter because theyll be in quarentine for at least a month. im using a 5gal tank to put them...

Originally Posted by sepulatian You are going to treat the fish in the tub? That will be very tricky to observe them. What have you added to the tub for biological filtration? i added some biospira to jump start my bacteria filtration. i also added the fake decore that was also in my dt and...

Originally Posted by sepulatian Do you have a quarantine tank? You cannot treat the fish in the display. no, but i just set up a 35 gal rubbermaid tub to treat. in the meantime i have cleaned out my tank of algae and waste, added 20 lbs of new live sand, 15 lbs of aragonite, added biospira to...

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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman What size is your tank? 46 bowfront

Originally Posted by SpiderWoman Looks like it... bad and good. What else do you have in your tank? You need to treat the clown and other fish and preferably do this in a QT. If you have inverts in your tank, you can't hypo the fish in your DT. Hypo will kill the inverts. i have 2 clowns, 1...

so i have ich and copepods?

they, seem to be on areas with algae growth

Originally Posted by SpiderWoman Hehe it was more of a confirmation question to others. I have a ton of those on my back and side glasses especially when just actinics or lunars are on. If you look at your sand bed really closely you should be able to see tons of those running around. They are...

Originally Posted by SpiderWoman Are those copepods? i don't know, that's what i need help finding out

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theyre about .5 mm to 1mm long...about .25 mm in width... theyre more elongated its hard to get a picture because theyre so tiny

Originally Posted by Beth While that clown has ich, the crawling things you are seeing in your tank are unrelated to ich. Ich is a microscopic parasite that can not be seen, except when it is attached to the fish. Hyposalinity is your best option. Since ich is highly contagious, any other...

so today...my tank is full of .5mm crawling white "things" what is this and how do i get rid of it.... HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.