xcali1985
Active Member
I have a pretty decent Ich outbreak in my tank. Let me give you the low down on how it occurred. My apartment complex was having electrical work done and of course I live in Vegas so the temp is hot. Well. They killed my power at 1pm and it returned at 6pm maybe a little earlier. Anyways, my tank jumped 8 degrees in that small time and my Coral Beauty Angelfish didn't like it at all. He now had about 30 white spots on fins and face. Heres the rundown.
Coral Beauty Angel: Infected - ~30 spots
2 False Percula Clownfish - Infected - ~ 1-2 spots each
Purple Firefish: No Signs of Infection
Sixline Wrasse: Infected - ~ 1-2 spots
Mandarin Dragonet - No Signs of Infection
Royal Dottyback - Infected ~ 1-2 spots
That was 3 days ago.
I turned off my Protein Skimmer and began a reef safe treatment routine & Zoe meal soaks, also got the temp back to normal and steady. The good news is they never lost appetite and I was able to start treatment less than an hour after i noticed them.
Now the CBA has about 10 spots on him all on fins. 1 clown has 1 spot still. Everyone else seems disease free. All continue to eat well and are active swimmers.
My corals, Orange Zoos, Xenia, GSP all open and close every day and seem to be healthy. I noticed 2 new Zoos yesterday before night, and The Xenia is about 1/2 taller than they were a few days ago. So they seem healthy.
Any tips on continued treatment. The all natural solution im using says to use for 10 days, came with a book with day by day picture examples and my treatments seem to be following in line with the examples.
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I have not had my protein skimmer on in the last 3 days should I leave it off until treatment is complete, or should I turn it on a few hours after dosing?
Should I reduce the lighting cycle, does that help?
Ive been told to increase feeding to help improve fish stamina and immune system while fighting the disease, true?
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My main worry is about the protein skimmer and Water Quality without it running, currently I use only the bio filter process with refuge/sump design.
I know this was a long post but thanks in advance.
Coral Beauty Angel: Infected - ~30 spots
2 False Percula Clownfish - Infected - ~ 1-2 spots each
Purple Firefish: No Signs of Infection
Sixline Wrasse: Infected - ~ 1-2 spots
Mandarin Dragonet - No Signs of Infection
Royal Dottyback - Infected ~ 1-2 spots
That was 3 days ago.
I turned off my Protein Skimmer and began a reef safe treatment routine & Zoe meal soaks, also got the temp back to normal and steady. The good news is they never lost appetite and I was able to start treatment less than an hour after i noticed them.
Now the CBA has about 10 spots on him all on fins. 1 clown has 1 spot still. Everyone else seems disease free. All continue to eat well and are active swimmers.
My corals, Orange Zoos, Xenia, GSP all open and close every day and seem to be healthy. I noticed 2 new Zoos yesterday before night, and The Xenia is about 1/2 taller than they were a few days ago. So they seem healthy.
Any tips on continued treatment. The all natural solution im using says to use for 10 days, came with a book with day by day picture examples and my treatments seem to be following in line with the examples.
----
I have not had my protein skimmer on in the last 3 days should I leave it off until treatment is complete, or should I turn it on a few hours after dosing?
Should I reduce the lighting cycle, does that help?
Ive been told to increase feeding to help improve fish stamina and immune system while fighting the disease, true?
----
My main worry is about the protein skimmer and Water Quality without it running, currently I use only the bio filter process with refuge/sump design.
I know this was a long post but thanks in advance.
