adurost
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YT has a confirmed case of HLLE and a bacterial infection.
(see https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/364131/yellow-tang-with-ich for diagnosis history)
I've been trying to lower the nitrates in my 90G FOWLR with a weekly 15G WC, and to improve nutrition by feeding nori instead of romaine lettuce (after offering it for 3 days, the tang finally started eating the nori today! yeah!) and 1 cube SFBB Emerald Entree and 1 cube brine shrimp with finely grated fresh garlic (no one in the tank likes the garlic; the first time I added it to the food mix I saw a chromis eat a piece and then spit it out! Now they all just avoid it and it blows around the tank until it ends up in the overflow
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Three questions:
#1: Would it be in the best interest of the YT to move it to my 10G QT right now (moving the blue hippo tang and cleaner wrasse into the DT) and begin treatment of the bacterial infection, or keep it in the DT for another 10 days until the 21-day quarantine of the BT and wrasse is complete?
#2: Zoecon, Selcon, and Vitachem have all been recommended as supplements; I've seen posts that folks have used two or even all three to treat their fish. Is there a benefit to using a combination or is a single supplement sufficient?
#3: How much should I feed? The fish don't go crazy over the Emerald Entree/shrimp/garlic mix like they do for the ON Reef Flakes and Formula II pellets, so I only put about 1/4 tsp in the tank. That doesn't seem like it is enough, but if I add any more it just ends up in the overflow box. (I've got 2 ocellaris clowns, 4 green chromis, 1 royal gramma, 1 lawnmower blenny, and the yellow tang in th DT).
The picture below was taken this morning; the pitting has definitely become more pronounced in the last couple of days. I would appreciate any advice on ways to encourage the YT to what I am offering. Thanks in advance!
(see https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/364131/yellow-tang-with-ich for diagnosis history)
I've been trying to lower the nitrates in my 90G FOWLR with a weekly 15G WC, and to improve nutrition by feeding nori instead of romaine lettuce (after offering it for 3 days, the tang finally started eating the nori today! yeah!) and 1 cube SFBB Emerald Entree and 1 cube brine shrimp with finely grated fresh garlic (no one in the tank likes the garlic; the first time I added it to the food mix I saw a chromis eat a piece and then spit it out! Now they all just avoid it and it blows around the tank until it ends up in the overflow
Three questions:
#1: Would it be in the best interest of the YT to move it to my 10G QT right now (moving the blue hippo tang and cleaner wrasse into the DT) and begin treatment of the bacterial infection, or keep it in the DT for another 10 days until the 21-day quarantine of the BT and wrasse is complete?
#2: Zoecon, Selcon, and Vitachem have all been recommended as supplements; I've seen posts that folks have used two or even all three to treat their fish. Is there a benefit to using a combination or is a single supplement sufficient?
#3: How much should I feed? The fish don't go crazy over the Emerald Entree/shrimp/garlic mix like they do for the ON Reef Flakes and Formula II pellets, so I only put about 1/4 tsp in the tank. That doesn't seem like it is enough, but if I add any more it just ends up in the overflow box. (I've got 2 ocellaris clowns, 4 green chromis, 1 royal gramma, 1 lawnmower blenny, and the yellow tang in th DT).
The picture below was taken this morning; the pitting has definitely become more pronounced in the last couple of days. I would appreciate any advice on ways to encourage the YT to what I am offering. Thanks in advance!