Hi All,
I have an emergency situation unfolding. I just graduated my midas blenny from quarantine into my 180G display 3 days ago. I treated with 2 doses prazi, 5 doses of metro, and cupramine at .5mg/l.
I now noticed this morning he had some white spots on him but it was super faint/small and I thought maybe it was rock powder from his new cave home (still a really new tank). Now this evening I definitely confirmed some new white spots on him. He's such a fast swimmer and some of the spots are so faint its hard to be certain but sometimes when he turns it becomes more definite. a couple spots are larger. He's still acting normal and eating otherwise.
Is there a chance he can have something besides Ich/Velvet?? If they get scratched or nicked on a rock can it cause a white mark? Or am I still in disbelief and denial?
Other fish: 2 clowns, white tail kole tang all acting normally no symptoms. no corals or inverts.
What is the best approach to this? I know I should probably act fast.
My current QT is 20G with a pink spot watchmen goby in it currently. Can a cycled 20g QT support all my fish for a fallow period in my DT and do I run copper for the full 76+ days? Is that safe for the fish?
Should I do a TTM instead? If so; would a 10G tank be enough for this many fish doing a TTM? Please help me come up with the correct action plan.
Would I include the new goby with other fish in TTM then add them all to a new sanitized QT after TTM? Or keep goby in QT while doing TTM then add with goby after?
Or is it best to just add them all to the QT now and run it for the fallow period?
This was my worst nightmare IDK how this happened; obviously I need stronger copper dosing and better cross contamination processes going forward. At least this happened early in the tanks life not later with more fish and tons of grown out corals etc on the bright side but I'm still super bummed and scared to lose any of my current fish.
I have an emergency situation unfolding. I just graduated my midas blenny from quarantine into my 180G display 3 days ago. I treated with 2 doses prazi, 5 doses of metro, and cupramine at .5mg/l.
I now noticed this morning he had some white spots on him but it was super faint/small and I thought maybe it was rock powder from his new cave home (still a really new tank). Now this evening I definitely confirmed some new white spots on him. He's such a fast swimmer and some of the spots are so faint its hard to be certain but sometimes when he turns it becomes more definite. a couple spots are larger. He's still acting normal and eating otherwise.
Is there a chance he can have something besides Ich/Velvet?? If they get scratched or nicked on a rock can it cause a white mark? Or am I still in disbelief and denial?
Other fish: 2 clowns, white tail kole tang all acting normally no symptoms. no corals or inverts.
What is the best approach to this? I know I should probably act fast.
My current QT is 20G with a pink spot watchmen goby in it currently. Can a cycled 20g QT support all my fish for a fallow period in my DT and do I run copper for the full 76+ days? Is that safe for the fish?
Should I do a TTM instead? If so; would a 10G tank be enough for this many fish doing a TTM? Please help me come up with the correct action plan.
Would I include the new goby with other fish in TTM then add them all to a new sanitized QT after TTM? Or keep goby in QT while doing TTM then add with goby after?
Or is it best to just add them all to the QT now and run it for the fallow period?
This was my worst nightmare IDK how this happened; obviously I need stronger copper dosing and better cross contamination processes going forward. At least this happened early in the tanks life not later with more fish and tons of grown out corals etc on the bright side but I'm still super bummed and scared to lose any of my current fish.
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