Hi, I have a 120 gallon predator reef with the following fish:
Enigmatic moray eel
White eyed moray eel
Clarkii clownfish
Wrasse
Parrot fish
Porcupine pufferfish
When I purchased the puffer online he arrived unwell and when I added him to the tank we found out he had ich. I decided to go with the ich management route as I didn’t have the room or time to quarantine my fish. I purchased a 57watt uv steriliser which has worked magnificently and removed most of the spots to the point I struggle to find them on him but he still never comes out of his pvc pipe even when I’m feeding - I have to put the food into his mouth with my hands for him to be bothered to eat anything as he doesn’t track down the food even if it floats past him. When he does eat he only eats about half a prawn. Today I tried feeding him a yabby/crawfish and he had no interest which really worry’s me. All the other fish are fine except for the wrasse which I have seen flash a couple of times but it is eating and acting fine and has no sign of white spots.
Question time
Could there be anything else wrong with the puffer? Is there anything else I can use that’s reef safe I can add along side the uv steriliser to get the last of the ich. I was looking into using metroplex and focus added to there food to see if that helps. Is there some sort of reef safe multicure that cures ich and other possible diseases/parasites? I was also looking at poly lab medic but I would rather something that targets more than one disease/parasite in case it’s something along side the ich. Is h2O2 dosing also an option. I read that’s virtually the same as poly lab medic.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Enigmatic moray eel
White eyed moray eel
Clarkii clownfish
Wrasse
Parrot fish
Porcupine pufferfish
When I purchased the puffer online he arrived unwell and when I added him to the tank we found out he had ich. I decided to go with the ich management route as I didn’t have the room or time to quarantine my fish. I purchased a 57watt uv steriliser which has worked magnificently and removed most of the spots to the point I struggle to find them on him but he still never comes out of his pvc pipe even when I’m feeding - I have to put the food into his mouth with my hands for him to be bothered to eat anything as he doesn’t track down the food even if it floats past him. When he does eat he only eats about half a prawn. Today I tried feeding him a yabby/crawfish and he had no interest which really worry’s me. All the other fish are fine except for the wrasse which I have seen flash a couple of times but it is eating and acting fine and has no sign of white spots.
Question time
Could there be anything else wrong with the puffer? Is there anything else I can use that’s reef safe I can add along side the uv steriliser to get the last of the ich. I was looking into using metroplex and focus added to there food to see if that helps. Is there some sort of reef safe multicure that cures ich and other possible diseases/parasites? I was also looking at poly lab medic but I would rather something that targets more than one disease/parasite in case it’s something along side the ich. Is h2O2 dosing also an option. I read that’s virtually the same as poly lab medic.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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