Help!!!
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lion_crazz
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The first thing I would do is go and buy a QT. How many fish do you have and what are they?
lion_crazz
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wow, that's a lot of fish. What are your water levels?
pH, kH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity, and temperature?
pH, kH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity, and temperature?
lion_crazz
Active Member
Well, first things first, get a test kit for all of those things that I just mentioned or take your water to the LFS and get EXACT readings.
sepulatian
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Originally Posted by Clown Boy
What time frame do I have to get the QT set up?
Do you have LR & LS? You may want to just move your inverts and do hypo in the main display. That is going to be a huge bioload on a new and uncycled qt. How big is your display tank? You should get moving on treatment ASAP. Also let us know the water readings that Lion_Crazz asked for.
What time frame do I have to get the QT set up?
Do you have LR & LS? You may want to just move your inverts and do hypo in the main display. That is going to be a huge bioload on a new and uncycled qt. How big is your display tank? You should get moving on treatment ASAP. Also let us know the water readings that Lion_Crazz asked for.
clown boy
Active Member
Originally Posted by sepulatian
Do you have LR & LS? You may want to just move your inverts and do hypo in the main display.
I have a TON of live rock and about 3 inches deep of sand.
Originally Posted by sepulatian
That is going to be a huge bioload on a new and uncycled qt.
What can I do?
Originally Posted by sepulatian
How big is your display tank?
135 Gallons:
Length: 72 Inches
Width: 18 Inches
Height: 24 Inches
Originally Posted by sepulatian
Also let us know the water readings that Lion_Crazz asked for.
I will try tomorrow.
Do you have LR & LS? You may want to just move your inverts and do hypo in the main display.
I have a TON of live rock and about 3 inches deep of sand.
Originally Posted by sepulatian
That is going to be a huge bioload on a new and uncycled qt.
What can I do?
Originally Posted by sepulatian
How big is your display tank?
135 Gallons:
Length: 72 Inches
Width: 18 Inches
Height: 24 Inches
Originally Posted by sepulatian
Also let us know the water readings that Lion_Crazz asked for.
I will try tomorrow.
sepulatian
Moderator
Originally Posted by Clown Boy
I have a TON of live rock and about 3 inches deep of sand.What can I do?135 Gallons:
Length: 72 Inches
Width: 18 Inches
Height: 24 InchesI will try tomorrow.
Your going to need a pretty good sized qt and will have to be on top of water changes. In the mean time take an aquarium sponge and place it in your display. It will start to gather some of the bacteria from your cycled tank. You can then put it into the qt once you get it set up. I wouldn't wait too long to get that qt. Those fish need treatment.
I have a TON of live rock and about 3 inches deep of sand.What can I do?135 Gallons:
Length: 72 Inches
Width: 18 Inches
Height: 24 InchesI will try tomorrow.
Your going to need a pretty good sized qt and will have to be on top of water changes. In the mean time take an aquarium sponge and place it in your display. It will start to gather some of the bacteria from your cycled tank. You can then put it into the qt once you get it set up. I wouldn't wait too long to get that qt. Those fish need treatment.
yimmy
Active Member
I would go as big as you can afford, because most likely your going to have to do hypo and its really hard to control water parameters in such a small tank. I dont know but maybe someone else knows if you should put all your fish into hypo or just the 2 with ich, because it could spread to the other fish.
clown boy
Active Member
Okay, I went out and bought a 55 gallon tank and a Bio-Wheel Filter. The guy at the LFS told me that I didn't have to do a hypo yet, but that I should wait for a week and feed my Blue Hippo Tang a lot and see if he would regain his immunity enough to repel the ich.
Good advice?
Good advice?
L
lpuzon
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in my experience, start hypo ASAP..... i regretted not doing so....
lion_crazz
Active Member
I would do hypo on all the fish in the 55 ASAP. You have a heater for this 55?
Do you have a sponge that you could throw in the display to pick up some bacteria from the display?
Do you have a sponge that you could throw in the display to pick up some bacteria from the display?
clown boy
Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
I would do hypo on all the fish in the 55 ASAP.
Thanks.
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
You have a heater for this 55?
I do, although I live in hot Texas, were I struggle to get the temperature down......
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Do you have a sponge that you could throw in the display to pick up some bacteria from the display?
I bought a bottle of live bacteria from my LFS........
I would do hypo on all the fish in the 55 ASAP.
Thanks.
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
You have a heater for this 55?
I do, although I live in hot Texas, were I struggle to get the temperature down......
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Do you have a sponge that you could throw in the display to pick up some bacteria from the display?
I bought a bottle of live bacteria from my LFS........