Ich?

[liongolfer]

Thank you all for the massive response and care about my tank!

The day i made this decision the bristletooth tang who had been showing the most “spots” was acting weird. That morning he was flashing a bit and he was hiding in a cave which was totally uncharacteristic. I believe i made the right choice. Other than losing a fish, i think all my inverts survived the deconstruction and so far all my coral seems to be doing ok . I rebuilt the rock work to my liking and fingers crossed this will be a way to make sure Ich is out of my tank.

Pic of all the rock I had to take out….. this is after i rebuilt it



Now I will follow copper protocols in my 2 qt tanks with fish divided equally to keep stress down and leave main tank fallow for 76 days.

 

[mcarroll]

No, you said you would not jump to conclusions because you did not see a single spot in the images, which there clearly are multiple. At this time, there is no proven reef safe way to eradicate ich. Anything else is just ich management. So I do not think the OP is going full nuke.

You replied to me, but what you typed doesn't seem to relate to what I typed except you reused the phrase "full nuke". Your earlier post seemed to make sense.....was this one maybe intended for someone else?

Just in case: "Full nuke" is an expression meaning, in this case, literally ripping your tank apart and outright causing the death of one fish.

Tragedy.

I'm not sure what else can be said. Probably there is nothing else to say, but I hope his fish really do have ich so this all proves "worth it". Which is a weird thing to say, as I mentioned before.

The day i made this decision the bristletooth tang who had been showing the most “spots” was acting weird. That morning he was flashing a bit and he was hiding in a cave which was totally uncharacteristic. I believe i made the right choice.

I'm glad to hear this.

 

[christinna77]

No, you said you would not jump to conclusions because you did not see a single spot in the images, which there clearly are multiple. At this time, there is no proven reef safe way to eradicate ich. Anything else is just ich management. So I do not think the OP is going full nuke.

You replied to me, but what you typed doesn't seem to relate to what I typed except you reused the phrase "full nuke". Your earlier post seemed to make sense.....was this one maybe intended for someone else?

Just in case: "Full nuke" is an expression meaning, in this case, literally ripping your tank apart and outright causing the death of one fish.

Tragedy.

I'm not sure what else can be said. Probably there is nothing else to say, but I hope his fish really do have ich so this all proves "worth it". Which is a weird thing to say, as I mentioned before.

The day i made this decision the bristletooth tang who had been showing the most “spots” was acting weird. That morning he was flashing a bit and he was hiding in a cave which was totally uncharacteristic. I believe i made the right choice.

I'm glad to hear this.

In my book, nuking a tank means actually crashing the system. Stuff like causing a massive ammonia spike, introducing a toxin that wipes things out, or tearing everything down and starting over (for example after a bad aiptasia infestation.)

Removing rocks temporarily to catch fish isn't nuking a tank. It's stressful and can lead to deaths, but if done right, everything should be fine after putting all the rock back.

Perhaps we just use the word 'nuke' differently.

 

[vetteguy53081]

In my book, nuking a tank means actually crashing the system. Stuff like causing a massive ammonia spike, introducing a toxin that wipes things out, or tearing everything down and starting over (for example after a bad aiptasia infestation.)

Removing rocks temporarily to catch fish isn't nuking a tank. It's stressful and can lead to deaths, but if done right, everything should be fine after putting all the rock back.

Perhaps we just use the word 'nuke' differently.

Yes, many use Nuke as a term for fully treating and not necessarily bombing a tank with anything.

 

[winxp_man]

Thank you all for the massive response and care about my tank!

The day i made this decision the bristletooth tang who had been showing the most “spots” was acting weird. That morning he was flashing a bit and he was hiding in a cave which was totally uncharacteristic. I believe i made the right choice. Other than losing a fish, i think all my inverts survived the deconstruction and so far all my coral seems to be doing ok . I rebuilt the rock work to my liking and fingers crossed this will be a way to make sure Ich is out of my tank.

Pic of all the rock I had to take out….. this is after i rebuilt it



Now I will follow copper protocols in my 2 qt tanks with fish divided equally to keep stress down and leave main tank fallow for 76 days.

Get tools that will give you the ability to blast/dust off rocks. And get water moving somewhat. Ich can hide in rocks that is for sure. And if you can increase heat up to 81-82*. But do it slow. This will decease the fallow period. New protocol is 60 days fallow for ich.