janastasio
Member
I have been in this hobby for almost 2 years now. Stupidly I never started a QT tank and have never had a problem. Well, of course, things happen. I have a 75/90 gallon DT. I dont know the size because I bought it established from someone else and its a weird brand that is pretty shaped! Its a dutch aquarium system (DAS). I had 3 tangs in the tank (dont drag me into the streets and shoot me tang police), and then lost 2 of them in month. One of these tangs was about 10 years old. These fish had so much personality and really made up my tank, so I bought a powder brown tang from ***** and put it into a tiny 7 gallon QT set up. I dosed it with copper because it seemed to have a white film over it. Not knowing that tangs do not do well with copper, it did not make it. Felt terrible about it. One month later decided to try my hand at it again. Bought a gorgeous scopas tang, and put it right into my DT. Well, one week later the fish starting developing white dots all over it. Within a couple of days it was getting thicker and thicker. My purple tang started getting the spots. One morning my black domino damsel had white on him, by that evening he was dead. This happened 3 days in a row, losing a fish each day that would suddenly have heavy amounts of white on the front of their body and be dead by evening. I had a 45 gallon tank with filter, heater ect ready to be filled. I had contemplated starting this earlier, but things always come up. I had bought a refractometer when I had purchased the powder brown tang, thinking I woudl swap to hyposalinity, but the little guy didnt make it. So after posting several threads, decided to set up an emergency QT. I pulled 25 gallons of water from the established tank and filled the rest with new salt water. I took a cup of substrate from my DT and put it into the QT to get as much helpful bacteria as possible. I began this project about 9:00pm thursday and ended at 3:00am. Was up at 6:00 to go to work. That next night (friday) I pulled all live rock and corals from my DT and caught all of the fish (took about 2 hours to catch those buggers even with 90% of rocks removed.) I drip acclimated them for 3 hours and added them to the tank. Once again in bed about 3am!! Next day tested water params to get ready for hypo.
Ph 8.2
temp 78
trites trates 0
ammonia .5
Salinity 1.025
I added a polyfilter to my HOB filter to help aid in the ammonia. My fish were doomed in the DT, so I had to choose my battle. I can do water changes in the QT to help with ammonia.
-Saturday night removed 2 1/2 gallons and replaced with fresh water before I went to bed. Started off slow.
-Sunday morning salinity 1.023, fish all hanging in there, other params unchanged. Removed another 2 1/2 gallons. Sunday afternoon removed another 5 gallons this time. Sunday night another 5 gallon removed Salinity at 1.016, fish doing great, active and eating.
-Monday afternoon 5 gallons removed. SG 1.014, taking alot more changes to affect the salinity now. Had been adding Ph buffer to water before adding it in. Tested Ph, it was 8.4. No more buffer! Monday night after 4 more smaller changes we are finally at 1.009! YEAH!. All levels are exactly the same as when I began other then difference is salinity. None too soon, my clown fish is looking worse and worse. Ich is eating into stipe on top of her head.
-Tuesday morning. Salinity at 1.009 Yeah
-Tuesday night, all levels good and salinity still at 1.009
-Wednesday, added 1/2 gallon for evaporation to top off. Salinity still 1.009
-Wedneday night, removed 5 gallons and replaced with aged prev mixed saltwater at 1.009. Fish improving already at only a couple days in. Ich is visibly gone from tangs, clown not completely gone but improved greatly. Fish all in great spirits and eating well.
Keep you posted with each day!
PS I was at my chiropracter today and will be again on Friday. Messed my back up really bad from lugging 5 gallon buckets full of water!!!
Ph 8.2
temp 78
trites trates 0
ammonia .5
Salinity 1.025
I added a polyfilter to my HOB filter to help aid in the ammonia. My fish were doomed in the DT, so I had to choose my battle. I can do water changes in the QT to help with ammonia.
-Saturday night removed 2 1/2 gallons and replaced with fresh water before I went to bed. Started off slow.
-Sunday morning salinity 1.023, fish all hanging in there, other params unchanged. Removed another 2 1/2 gallons. Sunday afternoon removed another 5 gallons this time. Sunday night another 5 gallon removed Salinity at 1.016, fish doing great, active and eating.
-Monday afternoon 5 gallons removed. SG 1.014, taking alot more changes to affect the salinity now. Had been adding Ph buffer to water before adding it in. Tested Ph, it was 8.4. No more buffer! Monday night after 4 more smaller changes we are finally at 1.009! YEAH!. All levels are exactly the same as when I began other then difference is salinity. None too soon, my clown fish is looking worse and worse. Ich is eating into stipe on top of her head.
-Tuesday morning. Salinity at 1.009 Yeah
-Tuesday night, all levels good and salinity still at 1.009
-Wednesday, added 1/2 gallon for evaporation to top off. Salinity still 1.009
-Wedneday night, removed 5 gallons and replaced with aged prev mixed saltwater at 1.009. Fish improving already at only a couple days in. Ich is visibly gone from tangs, clown not completely gone but improved greatly. Fish all in great spirits and eating well.
Keep you posted with each day!
PS I was at my chiropracter today and will be again on Friday. Messed my back up really bad from lugging 5 gallon buckets full of water!!!
