Hi guys,
Just need a bit of help with fish quarantine.
I have been in this hobby now for 7months and I had my first unfortunate ich outbreak around the 3month mark. Lost 70% of the fish during quarantine and a subsequent internal parasite issue.
Anyway, that is all behind me now and the DT has had a fallow period of 80+ days and the remaining fish have been living in my DT for the last month or so and I haven't seen an white spots on any fish in the DT. I have also got a 57w UV properly installed this time with the correct waterfowl through it.
I have got my latest batch of fish currently in the QT, one powder blue, one blue tang and a purple tang. There were doing fine in the first week and towards the end of that week I saw the powder blue trying to rub its body against the bottom of the tank. Pretty much exactly as what they do when they have ich.
Since then I have added copper into the tank and maintained at the recommended lever as per instructions on the back of the bottle and they have been in there with copper now for nearly three weeks. However, I still notice a couple of spots here and there and those are clearly visible on the purple tang.
I am a bit surprised that those spots are still there as I had used the same product for initial outbreak of ich and it had managed to clear everything up within two weeks.
This also makes me wonder if they have flukes like external parasites. Maybe my head is playing games. I have also seen my blue tang shake/wiggle his head and the body like a dog trying to dry itself.
All fish are eating well with the exception of the blue tang who has gone on strike from this morning. I want to take some action before it is too late and I thought I might do a fresh water dip on all three fish tonight and monitor them for a few more weeks.
What are your thoughts? Any help is much appreciated. Don't want to see any more fish die. The powder blue is so awesome it literally eats out of my hand.
Just need a bit of help with fish quarantine.
I have been in this hobby now for 7months and I had my first unfortunate ich outbreak around the 3month mark. Lost 70% of the fish during quarantine and a subsequent internal parasite issue.
Anyway, that is all behind me now and the DT has had a fallow period of 80+ days and the remaining fish have been living in my DT for the last month or so and I haven't seen an white spots on any fish in the DT. I have also got a 57w UV properly installed this time with the correct waterfowl through it.
I have got my latest batch of fish currently in the QT, one powder blue, one blue tang and a purple tang. There were doing fine in the first week and towards the end of that week I saw the powder blue trying to rub its body against the bottom of the tank. Pretty much exactly as what they do when they have ich.
Since then I have added copper into the tank and maintained at the recommended lever as per instructions on the back of the bottle and they have been in there with copper now for nearly three weeks. However, I still notice a couple of spots here and there and those are clearly visible on the purple tang.
I am a bit surprised that those spots are still there as I had used the same product for initial outbreak of ich and it had managed to clear everything up within two weeks.
This also makes me wonder if they have flukes like external parasites. Maybe my head is playing games. I have also seen my blue tang shake/wiggle his head and the body like a dog trying to dry itself.
All fish are eating well with the exception of the blue tang who has gone on strike from this morning. I want to take some action before it is too late and I thought I might do a fresh water dip on all three fish tonight and monitor them for a few more weeks.
What are your thoughts? Any help is much appreciated. Don't want to see any more fish die. The powder blue is so awesome it literally eats out of my hand.