My first fish are sick : (

emilaya101

emilaya101

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Alright, so I bought my first 3 fish on monday. 2 ocellaris clowns, and an algae blenny. I had an hour drive from the lfs, and they were packed nice and good in a styrofoam box. I got them home, and drip acclimated them for an hour, and finally got them into the dt, and they looked frisky as can be. until about two hours later when I saw the white spots. Went to walmart right away (only thing close to me) and bought an empty 10g and a powerhead and heater for it. Got the 2 clowns and blenny into the 10g (filled with water from the dt) and treated them with nox-ich for three days straight, and waited a day, and that was yesterday, so now one clown is looking frisky, and the other lays on the bottom on its side and moves once in a while, and the blenny has no apparent change in behaviour. What do I do now ? I know that is the fish dies I need to get it out right away, as to not spike the ammonia in the evver so tiny 10g. my dt is a 55g tank with a 29g sump, nothing in the sump but chaeto, and in the dt are 2 emerald crabs, a feather duster, and what I think is a bristle starfish ( hitchiker).
params are same now as before, and I have checked them daily,
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates 40
ph 8.3
sg0.021
Please Help !! Any comments or info appreciated !! I will take pics if needed !!
 
mgutierrezff

mgutierrezff

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they had white spot b4 or after you purchased?
is this going to be a reef tank or fish only tank??
waht else is going on in the tank what type of fish are they a little more info would help for sure actually as much info as you can provide the more we can help as a whole
 
emilaya101

emilaya101

Member
What other info do you need ? FOWLR, no other plans for the fish yet, and the DID NOT , nor did any other fish in the WHOLE store, have ich.
 
beth

beth

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Staff member
It sounds like ich. The correct treatment would be hyposalinity. Take a look at the info on hyposalinity in the FAQ Thread at the top of this forum. Also, you can see some examples of ich in the Diseased Fish Thread.
 
emilaya101

emilaya101

Member
well, i've been doing that too, and slowly watering down the tank more, its actually at about 1.019 now
forgot about that.....
 
emilaya101

emilaya101

Member
Well, I figured I'd risk it once more, and put them back in the dt two days ago. Blenny was dead this morning, clowns still look alright. Here's to hopin
 
renogaw

renogaw

Active Member
Originally Posted by Emilaya101
http:///forum/post/2639659
Here's to hopin


there is no "hopin" when dealing with ich.
sorry, but you need to treat the fish out of the DT or every fish you add will keep coming down with ich.
 
emilaya101

emilaya101

Member
Why is that ? I was told that I should just let them stay in there with the ich, and either they will die, or they won't, either way the ich won't stay in there, right ? Actually I didn't even think about that much. This is so frustrating, I am about to just dump the freakin ich medicin in the dt and let all my inverts die, I am so tired of this already
What are my options ? and pros and cons of them?
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by Emilaya101
http:///forum/post/2640510
Why is that ? I was told that I should just let them stay in there with the ich, and either they will die, or they won't, either way the ich won't stay in there, right ? Actually I didn't even think about that much. This is so frustrating, I am about to just dump the freakin ich medicin in the dt and let all my inverts die, I am so tired of this already
What are my options ? and pros and cons of them?

I understand that you are getting frustrated and upset. The medication that you bought is not going to kill ich. Hyposalinity is your best option here. Do the procedure correctly, as described in Beth's Common Treatments FAQ. While you are looking there, take a look at the life cycle of the parasites. "Either they will die or the won't" is not a very good way to look at this. The display has to remain fish less for six weeks now that ich has been introduced to it. If you do not wait then the next fish that goes in there is likely to get ich.
 
confusedfishy

confusedfishy

Member
I am still new to saltwater too and have had several fustrating days due to figuring out what to do, especially with ich, but hypo really seems to work! It takes time but the fish really can get better and you can figure out how to avoid them getting sick in the future by using the hypo technique. I just have a tank set up and plan for it with each new fish. I figure it takes time to get them in the dt but I know when I finally get them there after hypo they might actually stay for awhile... Good Luck!
 
T

tizzo

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Originally Posted by Emilaya101
http:///forum/post/2640510
I was told that I should just let them stay in there with the ich,
That is the lazy, irresponsible, or uneducated way to do it.
Originally Posted by Emilaya101
http:///forum/post/2640510
and either they will die, or they won't, either way the ich won't stay in there, right ?

Either they will die or they won't may be true, but that is (or can be) entirely up to you. You can take the necessary time to learn about ick, and do it right, or you can take your chances.
If I sound rude, I apologize. I am not intending to be rude to you, but rather whoever told you such careless info.
Once you understand ick, it's not that complicated. But most people believe the first thing they hear and don't even try to understand the truth.
The hypo, the time span, the QT, it all sounds very intimidating, but it's really very simple. And since you already have the QT, from here on out, it's also cheap.
 
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