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Originally Posted by
brimestone http:///t/395533/what-to-do-help#post_3521721
Reverse osmosis water...or...tap water?
> Tap water via a Brita Filter and an API stresscoat+.
You need a 10g quarantine tank to move your surviving fish to for 8 weeks
> I do have a 10g tank but its empty ( no live rock, no live sand and Not cycled. ). I set it up to keep Salt water for my water change.
Then look on this site at the top of the disease section on doing HYPO
> The shop sold me this
Kordon Ich Attack 100% Natural ich Treatment. Will this do?
It's a small tank...a smaller power head would work. maxijets shoot a jet stream of water
> Last night, i put the
Maxi-jet Pro 900 again. I set it up as Circulation mode. Right off the batt, my gut filling says its too strong. Sure enough, i woke up looking at my Clown Fish with ich all over his body. Poor guy prolly had to swim all night just to stay on one spot. BTW: the store sold me the power head "Rated for my tank size" they said. Now, i turned it off, and the protein skimmer and started the Kordon Ich medication. I'm not sure if my Clown will survive this tragedy which i'm totally to blame for.
This is all frustrating and makes me want to milk someones neck ( breaking their windpipe while doing it ) at that Shop.
If i find my self with an empty tank, i'll swap this tank for something between 55 and 75 gal tank. Just need to do some load calculation on the floor, make sure it wont crack or something...
Weird... The pic did not show up until I "quoted" your last post. But the pic helps...
The Maxi-jet Power Head you have is the newer style that can be converted into a koralia style PH. That is a good thing. It may seem like it is too powerful, but you fish will be just fine (well, they would be if not for the Ich).
You have quite the issues going on here. The Ich meds that the LFS sold you is garbage. The only two ways to really treat Ich is HYPO like Flower mentioned or copper treatment (there is a lot of good information in the fish disease section, great place to research). You are kind of in an in between stage. What fish are still alive?? You could/should set up a 10g QT tank and let the DT (display tank) sit fishless for 6-8 weeks (Fallow), this will let the Ich go through its life cycle and not have a host (fish) to attach to and stay. But the problem is that you would have to cycle the 10g QT tank. This can take some time.
Best thing to do is start up the 10g QT tank ASAP. Once it is cycled (you can kick start the cycle by adding some sponge from an established tank that has the beneficial bacteria already built up on it). Buy some Amquil + or some Prime (this is an ammonia binder, use it if you have any reading of ammonia besides 0ppm). You can do lots of water changes on the QT to "soft cycle" it and put the sick clown in right away (please research "soft cycle" before you try this).
I know its a lot coming at you on this tank really fast. But it is a nice setup you have going there. I like the rockwork. IMHO it is definitely worth sticking with it.
Treated tap water is not the end of the world here, you have other bigger problems to address first. Once you get things settled down and set up a QT and let the DT go fallow... Look into RO/DI water, this is pure water without any trace elements. This is the preferred water to use in our hobby.
Good luck with all of this. You came to a great place to look for advice. As you can tell from all the reply's here, everyone is only interested in seeing you succeed with your little slice of ocean you your home. I don't think anyone has tried to sell you anything here, only solid advice!!
