DT has ich

carnicomh · Jun 28, 2023

Awesome. How did you feed your inverts (if you had them) and keep bac up in the DT?

Jaybeastin · Jun 29, 2023

carnicomh said:
Awesome. How did you feed your inverts (if you had them) and keep bac up in the DT?

i believe I had a cleaner shrimp and definitely had snails at that time. I don’t remember feeding the tank. I let them eat the algae

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Hey, that's pretty cool! Probably just keep the lights on like normal then, yeah?

Jaybeastin · Jun 29, 2023

I know for a fact that the 45 day fallow worked. I had all kinds of parameter changes. My blue tang stressed out my yellow tang and eventually killed it because I only have a 90g tank and no ich broke out

Jaybeastin · Jun 29, 2023

carnicomh said:
Hey, that's pretty cool! Probably just keep the lights on like normal then, yeah?

Yes realistically I did a 35-40 days fallow. I remembered I was too impatient for a full 45 lol I even used the same equipment I rinse them in hot water though before I use it . Still no ich for over a year and I’ve ALWAYS had ich in my tank in the past . Now everything in my tank have to go through a QT.

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

...good god that's pretty metal, my dude. Those larger fish seem really intense! Thanks for the input. 7+ years since my last reef tank

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

This community is absolutely incredible...like really, really great

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Got a much better video somehow. LFS said brook/flukes and to use rally. Gonna go grab some tomorrow since Amazon botched my order

Jay Hemdal · Jun 29, 2023

carnicomh said:
Got a much better video somehow. LFS said brook/flukes and to use rally. Gonna go grab some tomorrow since Amazon botched my order

IMO - that clown has a mild case of ich.

jay

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Dang, thought I had a chance haha. Probably past treating in the DT, yeah? Thank you again!

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Last question before I buy the rest of my stuff for qt. Is it better to just move snails to the qt and treat the dt with hypo for the ich and rally for the flukes? I've got limited mobility but am 100% dedicated to whatever I need to do!

vetteguy53081 · Jun 29, 2023

carnicomh said:
Last question before I buy the rest of my stuff for qt. Is it better to just move snails to the qt and treat the dt with hypo for the ich and rally for the flukes? I've got limited mobility but am 100% dedicated to whatever I need to do!

leave inverts and coral in display tank with NO fish added for at 8 weeks, preferably 8 weeks and focus on treatment and water quality in treatment tank. Problem with snails in QT is that they cant handle treatment meds. having no fish will leave any parasites with no host and the parasites in turn will die off on their own

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Sorry just the snails in the qt and fish in dt with hypo and meds, my bad!

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

Apologies this is difficult for me to explain and I'm kinda really scared for my fish

carnicomh · Jun 29, 2023

After much thought I'm going to qt the snails and hypo/treat the dt directly. Maybe. I'll keep the stuff I bought just to be safe for the future and/or return it. Got the following on the way if I change my mind:

Tank
Filter
Heater
Aerator
Hanna copper checker
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Copper
New python just for qt
Buckets for qt

Jay Hemdal · Jun 30, 2023

carnicomh said:
Last question before I buy the rest of my stuff for qt. Is it better to just move snails to the qt and treat the dt with hypo for the ich and rally for the flukes? I've got limited mobility but am 100% dedicated to whatever I need to do!

Can you explain a bit more? What invertebrates are in your DT? If it is JUST snails, then I think you should move them out and run hyposalinity on the DT. That will control both ich and flukes. Skip the Rally Pro for flukes, its ingredients are just not specific for flukes, despite what their label says.

Here is a link to the hyposalinity instructions:

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2021 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

www.reef2reef.com

Jay