ok so I recently started a new 200 gallon reef tank with dry rock and about 1 inch of sand in September. After the cycle, I added to my tank fully quarantined/treated fish for 90 days: three pyramid butterflies, three Bimacs, and a blue assessor.
Everyone was thriving until I turn the lights on and added the cleanup crew. Within 3 weeks my first spot of ich showed up. The first single spot appeared and then disappeared after about a week, only to come back with a couple more 10-14 days later. As you probably guessed, this became exponentially worse.
This week I lost all three Bimacs and one butterfly so I pulled the two remaining and the assessor (which hasn’t skipped a beat btw) into a hospital tank for copper treatment.
I did about 150 gal water change and dropped the salinity to 1.009 and raised the temp from 77 to 81. All inverts are out of the tank too.
After reading some of these posts, it seems I should raise the salinity back to nsw. So what I gather in my situation is If I do this, the fallow period should be good at 45 days? Anything else I should be doing?
Thanks
Everyone was thriving until I turn the lights on and added the cleanup crew. Within 3 weeks my first spot of ich showed up. The first single spot appeared and then disappeared after about a week, only to come back with a couple more 10-14 days later. As you probably guessed, this became exponentially worse.
This week I lost all three Bimacs and one butterfly so I pulled the two remaining and the assessor (which hasn’t skipped a beat btw) into a hospital tank for copper treatment.
I did about 150 gal water change and dropped the salinity to 1.009 and raised the temp from 77 to 81. All inverts are out of the tank too.
After reading some of these posts, it seems I should raise the salinity back to nsw. So what I gather in my situation is If I do this, the fallow period should be good at 45 days? Anything else I should be doing?
Thanks