need help bad

[u mike]

as posted before major ick problem went from 7 to 3 fish in week. was using chemical called ick -attack . today we see the tang now has it on him , after i am done writing this off to get a small filter to make a hospital. now do i put all 3 in this tank ? do i put any of my filter parts in there also , such as the small brown tube shape pieces from both of the filter buckets ( i use a canister ) . then what to do with the serpent, crab, starfish , urchin, mushroom , star polop . how much lighting ? temp ? any other chemicals . I know this may sound dumb to some but I havent a major problem in about 3 years , then we just shut down for the most part no light just let the ick die out as told by lfs. now we have more in tank to worry about.

 

[fau8]

you need to post in the proper forum. the long and short you need to move the fish to a hospital tank and treat with a copper based med. Your tank will have the infection for at least 6 weeks. There are number of things you can do to controll the outbreak, seach for hypo salinity and UV sterilizers.

 

[old joe]

Yep, the problem with reef keeping is not having an Ich outbreak but keeping a reef tank with expensive, showy, beautiful fish like tangs.
I've been keeping salt water fish for almost 40 years now and have had reef tanks for the past 20 plus years. Learning from experience, ( and I'm retired now and have worked in a pet store part time... fish dept. ) I've talked to a zillion people about there fish / tank problems.
What I'm getting at is that for a large part of aquarium keeping its our own choices which get us into trouble... such as expensive fish in a reef tank.
We all know we can not effectively treat fish diseases while they're in with inverts. But we mix the two nonetheless... bad idea ! Ornamental fish belong in a fish only tank. Inexpensive ' write-off ' type reef fishes belong in a reef tank.
When disease breaks out in a reef tank with ornamental, expensive fish in it we never net up the fish and move them to a hospital tank... the whole tank needs treatment but we can possibly subject our corals and inverts to about the only thing that'll effectively check Ich... and thats copper.
Also, a reef tank is more than corals and inverts... there's myriads of tiny creatures lurking in the shadows which all add to the life and the joy of the reef tank. So now what ?
If I were you, I'd start a second tank with the fish only... after cycling, I'd put in all my fish from the reef tank and leave it alone... enjoy it as is for a time and add inexpensive reef fish... but showy, ornamental, expensive, beautiful fish rightly belong in a fish only tank since they are biologically a world apart from corals and inverts .

 

[u mike]

Originally Posted by old joe
http:///forum/post/3049238
Yep, the problem with reef keeping is not having an Ich outbreak but keeping a reef tank with expensive, showy, beautiful fish like tangs.
I've been keeping salt water fish for almost 40 years now and have had reef tanks for the past 20 plus years. Learning from experience, ( and I'm retired now and have worked in a pet store part time... fish dept. ) I've talked to a zillion people about there fish / tank problems.
What I'm getting at is that for a large part of aquarium keeping its our own choices which get us into trouble... such as expensive fish in a reef tank.
We all know we can not effectively treat fish diseases while they're in with inverts. But we mix the two nonetheless... bad idea ! Ornamental fish belong in a fish only tank. Inexpensive ' write-off ' type reef fishes belong in a reef tank.
When disease breaks out in a reef tank with ornamental, expensive fish in it we never net up the fish and move them to a hospital tank... the whole tank needs treatment but we can possibly subject our corals and inverts to about the only thing that'll effectively check Ich... and thats copper.
Also, a reef tank is more than corals and inverts... there's myriads of tiny creatures lurking in the shadows which all add to the life and the joy of the reef tank. So now what ?
If I were you, I'd start a second tank with the fish only... after cycling, I'd put in all my fish from the reef tank and leave it alone... enjoy it as is for a time and add inexpensive reef fish... but showy, ornamental, expensive, beautiful fish rightly belong in a fish only tank since they are biologically a world apart from corals and inverts .
I get what you are saying , only problem is I went backwards had a nice tank then wanted to add corals & others , thanks much for everything