I got a new Fishy today :)
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bill109
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Originally Posted by hot883
Good looking fish. Is it the tank, pic. or is it ICH. Look at the back fins of the butterfly. Hopefully you did not add him to the display.
thank you i didnt want to be the barrer of b ad news.
btw i dont think tht 4 months is long enough for the butterfly. they need mature tanks and prefer verymature tanks
im no sure how true this is b ut i have heard it more then once so it cant be 3 far off.
i hope tht the butterfly does well for you because as barry mentioned looks liek ich on the back fins and th pectoral fins (side i think thts it)
-bill109
Good looking fish. Is it the tank, pic. or is it ICH. Look at the back fins of the butterfly. Hopefully you did not add him to the display.
thank you i didnt want to be the barrer of b ad news.
btw i dont think tht 4 months is long enough for the butterfly. they need mature tanks and prefer verymature tanks
im no sure how true this is b ut i have heard it more then once so it cant be 3 far off.
i hope tht the butterfly does well for you because as barry mentioned looks liek ich on the back fins and th pectoral fins (side i think thts it)
-bill109
05xrunner
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"This is a good first butterfly purchase, though not necessarily for a beginning hobbyist. If acclimated properly, Longnose Butterflyfish are a hardy addition"
"There is a reason why these butterflies are ever-popular. They're gorgeous and they live in captivity. Don't let their frilly looks throw you. If ever there was a "first-timers" butterflyfish, this would be the one."
I have had them before and never had any problems.
"There is a reason why these butterflies are ever-popular. They're gorgeous and they live in captivity. Don't let their frilly looks throw you. If ever there was a "first-timers" butterflyfish, this would be the one."
I have had them before and never had any problems.
puffer32
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Yep its ich. Thats why your cleaner shrimp is trying to clean him, they like ich bugs. But the cleaner won't beable to get all the ich off him, i see trouble ahead, if you had him in a QT your other fish would be safer, so now you have risked your whole tank. Sorry, this is not what you wanted to hear, but it needs to be said, get him into QT asap.
puffer32
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Originally Posted by 05xrunner
thats why they said wait 6months..you have to make sure your pod population is up big time..you cant see the pods to often...they are super small. I am pretty sure sixline wil pick at the rocks and eat pods as well. If its full on flake then it might not.
I dont think a 20g is large enough even with stacked rocks..there just wouldnt be enough. Thats why they say bigger tanks for mandarins..need ALOT of rock for a LARGE pod population so it wont starve to death.
Good advice
thats why they said wait 6months..you have to make sure your pod population is up big time..you cant see the pods to often...they are super small. I am pretty sure sixline wil pick at the rocks and eat pods as well. If its full on flake then it might not.
I dont think a 20g is large enough even with stacked rocks..there just wouldnt be enough. Thats why they say bigger tanks for mandarins..need ALOT of rock for a LARGE pod population so it wont starve to death.
Good advice
puffer32
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Originally Posted by b0bby1
puffer wuts QT mean, im new to this stuff so idn. and how do i prevent ich
You can prevent ich by quaranteeing new fish, something i admit i don't always do. Also, to prevent ich mix some garlic in the fish food, and don't put your fish through to much stress.
puffer wuts QT mean, im new to this stuff so idn. and how do i prevent ich
You can prevent ich by quaranteeing new fish, something i admit i don't always do. Also, to prevent ich mix some garlic in the fish food, and don't put your fish through to much stress.
b0bby1
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puffer wut about this i found on here, its a cure med. for ich.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=6
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=6
puffer32
Active Member
I have used kick ich. It might be a preventative med, but nothing really kills ich but like hot said, copper, but it can't be used in a reef tank and sometimes harms fish, especially if not used correctly, so it can be harm then good. The best cure for ich besides preventing it in the first place, is to do hypo in a QT tank. Its lowering your salinty slowly to 0.9. Ich can not survive in such low salt level, so they die off.