saltn00b
Active Member
well my LFS that i aquired the gear for initial set up of my SWLR tank (that i have since banned and vowed to never return) continues to screw me over. I dont want to get into a rant about ALL the stuff this guy did that was down right wrong, but this is the current situation.
juvy emperor was found dead this morning. he hasn eaten anything since we got him except for grazing. he had lasted about 2+ weeks. initially he was a little bleached, but i resolved some water quality issues and he seemed to get better.
that is, until last night, when i came home, and pretty much all of my (remaining) fish have ich. that is 1 perc clown, 1 raccoon BF, 1 rock blenny, 1 powder brown tang, and 1 yellow wrasse. the white spots are visible on the BF, the Juvy emps fins (dead), and on the clown fish. i have noticed the blenny, the BF and the tang do the occasional gil scrape on the sand, so i am assuming the ich is all over the tank.
my hospital tank wont be ready for another 10 days or so with its cycling so i dont know how much of an option it is. My new, very informative and helpful LFS told me to try this stuff called "Ich Attack". the bottle says to use 5ml per every 10 gallons, so i applied it last night and the fish that had been healthy up until the appearance of ich, (all but the emp) seemed to have a reduction in white spots. the stuff is copper free and is meant to be applied directly to the tank.
so my questions are:
1) anyone ever heard of this "Ich Attack" ? and if so what did you hear? whats your opinion on the stuff?
2) on the bottle it says remove carbon from filter during treatment. now does this mean the carbon balls in my wet / dry? and does "during the treatment" mean for the week + of applying the stuff or just for when im actually putting it in the tank?
we also have the copper based ich medication, but we are saving that for applying to individual fish when we can get the hospital tank goin finally.
juvy emperor was found dead this morning. he hasn eaten anything since we got him except for grazing. he had lasted about 2+ weeks. initially he was a little bleached, but i resolved some water quality issues and he seemed to get better.
that is, until last night, when i came home, and pretty much all of my (remaining) fish have ich. that is 1 perc clown, 1 raccoon BF, 1 rock blenny, 1 powder brown tang, and 1 yellow wrasse. the white spots are visible on the BF, the Juvy emps fins (dead), and on the clown fish. i have noticed the blenny, the BF and the tang do the occasional gil scrape on the sand, so i am assuming the ich is all over the tank.
my hospital tank wont be ready for another 10 days or so with its cycling so i dont know how much of an option it is. My new, very informative and helpful LFS told me to try this stuff called "Ich Attack". the bottle says to use 5ml per every 10 gallons, so i applied it last night and the fish that had been healthy up until the appearance of ich, (all but the emp) seemed to have a reduction in white spots. the stuff is copper free and is meant to be applied directly to the tank.
so my questions are:
1) anyone ever heard of this "Ich Attack" ? and if so what did you hear? whats your opinion on the stuff?
2) on the bottle it says remove carbon from filter during treatment. now does this mean the carbon balls in my wet / dry? and does "during the treatment" mean for the week + of applying the stuff or just for when im actually putting it in the tank?
we also have the copper based ich medication, but we are saving that for applying to individual fish when we can get the hospital tank goin finally.
