need help FAST

[mori1541]

i have a 100 gal saltwater tank with a pocupine puffer.....2 silver and yellow damsiels....10 turbo snails ....2 hermit crabs ( to keep sand sturred) and one small lion fish ...and i bought a huge 10" ( head to tail) lionfish...well i have an outbreak of ick..i treated it with Rid Ich+ now my fish have blurred eyes and my small lion is pale ...almost white. my fish seem to just be really listful . by the way the ich is still there. any info? i am kinda new at this Thax in advance...
here is some info on my tank setup.....
this is a fish only aq.
has been set up for about 2 months
.100 gal (long) tank
2 compact 50/50 lights with hi-output ballast
berlin turbo pro skimmer
red coral sand filter with penguin power head
2 millenium 3000 mechanical filters
fluval 404 bio filter
2 200 watt heaters
live rock with coral (dead)
and about 80 pounds of sand
30 pounds of live sand
and a wave action power head

 

[tony detroit]

2 months total??????
Start doing some water changes, if your water is cloudy definitely do a water change and buy an anti-ammonia product.
Sounds to me like you overstocked a little bit quickly.
This hobby is all about taking it slow. Maybe I might suggest a wet dry filter to you, although I don't think it is an absolute necessity. Take your time, only buy 1 fish a month or so. TAKE IT SLOW or you will spike your tank.
Buy a water test kit, preferably for everything, but if you can't afford it, at least buy ammonia and nitrite test kits. Test your water and let us know what happens
You may want to try some activated carbon as well. Maybe turn the skimmer on to clean the water a bit, but this will prolong your cycle.
Buy yourself a good book too, a nice thick one with lots of information.

 

[mori1541]

any info on some go books that'll get me started? with lots of info?

 

[dreeves]

Setup a QT...put your fish in there...treat them there...as for your main tank...wow...
The ich aka Cryptocaryon irritans have a varied and deliberate life cycle...two stages you can kill them in...free floating...from host (fish) to bottom, and from bottom to fish (two portions of the cycle...
While the parasites are encapsulated on the fish or the tank...you cannot kill them with an osmotic pressure change...pure freshwater...other then that...they have to be treated in either of the two free floating states...
Go to the disease forum and search for ich...
Prior to any other changes or additions to your tank...study the hobby...all aspects of marine fish keeping...read and read...learn and most importantly...slow way down...nature took millions of years to create the delicate balance of the oceans...you will not, no matter how hard you try, be able to duplicate it or even come close in two months...
In this hobby...as that impeached president, what was his name..of yeah clinton, said..."knowledge is power"...
Good luck...

 

[beaslbob]

Did you allow you tank, with live sand and live rock to run for at least three weeks before adding fish? If not than there is a possibility the lr/ls had ICH.
Also, if your tank has not fully cycled then the ICH may as a result of stress. Hopefully, all will settle down before any large losses.

 

[mori1541]

i hope it settles down soon.... i don't want to lose my fish . my puffer eats from my hand and LOVES IT when i take pictures of the tank he always has to be the camera hog..lol. my newest addition is a HUGE Lion fish. when he spreads his "wings" it awesome! he's not doing well though. He just lays at the bottom
with real cloudy eyes. it's almost like he can't see. i'm thinking it could be a slime coat protecting his eyes from the Rid_Iche treatment yesterday. the treatment seemed to work.. instead of dustlike particles it now looks like something "popped" out of the dust....if that makes any sense.

 

[beaslbob]

I hope so too.
Watch your nitrItes. If they bump up (from 0.0) stop feeding immediately. In a day or two they will fall back to 0.0
If you do not already have some, I recommend adding macro algae (plant like algae) or marine plants. Your fish will eat it but it does wonders for stabilzing and balancing out the tank. I culture mine in a seperate container to make sure i always have some.