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I have a pretty trustworthy LFS less than 5 minutes from my house and I'm a frequent shopper. I often stop in on new delivery days just to check out what they get in and the like.... anyway, so I brought up today that it appeared that some of my little black bar chromis' were exhibiting symptoms of ich, or some similar disease. I do not have a quarantine tank, so I was exploring my options, which everyone knows are "reef safe" treatments that may or may not work or buying a quarantine tank to treat and leaving the display tank fallow. This is where our story begins earlier this afternoon.
I had my eye on a little nano tank that I figured I'd buy and use as a hospital tank to nurse the little fellows back to health. I told my LFS' curator this plan and she protested outright, insisting I should not quarantine as she believes the transport of the fish from tank to tank and place to place stresses the animals out more than changing water parameters, and she suggested a special cocktail that she makes in the store. Her claims are that it kills ich and many other diseases both bacterial and parasitic without harming corals, nems, shrimp or snails. The only tricks are to shut off your protein skimmer, remove your carbon and follow the dosing instructions precisely and to administer 3 doses over 6 days. Sounds like a piece of cake right? Well, we will see. Worst case scenario, my entire tank crashes, NBD. (*sarcasm*)
So this is my newest tank and I've not had problems with disease before, but it's bound to happen to all of us eventually. Decided to document this "experimental" treatment, and all my animals are on the line. (photos attached)
Photo 1: my tank
Photo 2: the medicine in question
I had my eye on a little nano tank that I figured I'd buy and use as a hospital tank to nurse the little fellows back to health. I told my LFS' curator this plan and she protested outright, insisting I should not quarantine as she believes the transport of the fish from tank to tank and place to place stresses the animals out more than changing water parameters, and she suggested a special cocktail that she makes in the store. Her claims are that it kills ich and many other diseases both bacterial and parasitic without harming corals, nems, shrimp or snails. The only tricks are to shut off your protein skimmer, remove your carbon and follow the dosing instructions precisely and to administer 3 doses over 6 days. Sounds like a piece of cake right? Well, we will see. Worst case scenario, my entire tank crashes, NBD. (*sarcasm*)
So this is my newest tank and I've not had problems with disease before, but it's bound to happen to all of us eventually. Decided to document this "experimental" treatment, and all my animals are on the line. (photos attached)
Photo 1: my tank
Photo 2: the medicine in question