itchy fish

radiolotek

radiolotek

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I'm not sure what is going on but I just noticed my tang is rubbing himself on a rock in thre tank. He has rubbed a spot on his side almost raw. I looked closely and I didn't see any parasites or anything on him except the rub spot. Is this the beginning of a disease or what? Thank you. Ps. The other fish in the tank seem ok and a re behaving normally.
 
beth

beth

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How long have you had this fish, and do you have a grounding probe installed in your tank?
 
radiolotek

radiolotek

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Yeah it was ich. I am sooo pissed. I treated the fish but it died anyway. My whole tank got it. It claimed 2 clowns, a coral beauty, my blue tang. I went to my lfs (where I buy all my EVERYTHING from) and the tank I got the fish out of was infected with ich. I told the owner what happened and he just said bummer. I asked since it was obviously because of an infected fish from his store if he would at the very least cover some of the cost of replacing the fish I had lost and he told me no. I explained that I buy everything from him from food to salt to live rock and he still said no. I think thats just bad business. What about you guys.
 
beth

beth

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The bottom line is, hobbyist must setup and use a QT if they want to avoid such disasters, which happens all too frequently. Your experience is not rare by any means. I hope you will give setting up a hospital tank thought.
 
radiolotek

radiolotek

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I am giving it a thought. I just don't have the money right now to do it. What would I need for one? Shoukld it be set up as a small regular tank running all the time? LR?LS? Some advice would be good.
 
scubadoo

scubadoo

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Originally Posted by Radiolotek
I am giving it a thought. I just don't have the money right now to do it. What would I need for one? Shoukld it be set up as a small regular tank running all the time? LR?LS? Some advice would be good.
The cost of setting up a QT tank is often far less then numerous fish losses caused by not having one. A simple glass 10-20 gallon tank will do, heater and power head. Cheap PVC fittings or a couple pieces of fake coral can provide a temporary home. No need for a substrate.
You do not need to constantly run the system when it is not in use, but you do need to monitor water quality on a regular basis and make sure it remains within acceptable limits when you have fish in the QT system. The cost of a few fish could exceed the cost of a simple QT tank.
 
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