Losing fish and hating it.

[pickupman66]

Where does one get the metrodiazone? I could use some. Also my issues seem to be clearing up since adding a good deal of UV to my system. I did it just to see and so far. The fish are looking much better.

 

[Dowtish]

Good to hear Lindsey, and you can get some at the critter. Not that it is close to you, you could just order some online.

Metronidazole For Dogs and Cats - Antibiotic for Pets - 1800PetMeds

 

[TinaFoster]

Kens Fish - Home of quality tropical fish food and supplies
This is where I bought metro from. Kensfish has been the cheapest place for freshwater needs that I'd found, and metro is a product thought to cure bloat in African cichlids as well as clout so found them both here.

 

[pickupman66]

yea, online is best for me these days. I could not find it at kens, but did thanks for the link chris... I may get some just to have it on hand.

 

[mike_dani]

Metro does very little in the saltwater for our fish, plus add in the new resistant strain of ich and it does nothing. Contact the pharmacist at fishyfharmacy.com and they will help you out a bunch. If you have any issues ordering from them let me know I have an account setup with them.

Just my .02

 

[TinaFoster]

Its kind of strange that I keep clicking on the link I put for Metro at Kens and it takes me right back to this thread. Ugh.

 

[TinaFoster]

kensfish.com/cgi-kensfish/sb/productsearch.cgi?storeid=*16745c18a6e210c5065dab4fef just copy this line and put www in front. BUT I think mike_dani is probably correct. When I had ich to deal with my friend Joe was advising me, and he had been in the hobby for longer than some of us have been on earth. He never mentioned metro as one of the treatments, and he did use it for his cichlids, so he'd have probably said.
The 4 and fef should be together it just wont show up that way.

 

[Dowtish]

Update: I lost both clowns and the midas blenny today. :(

But the yellow tang is looking great. Out of all the fish, I wouldve expected the tang to go down before the clowns. Oh well, who knows. Everybody else in the tank looks good, but there are just so few in the tank now...

I have a member of reef team 6(the angry cuban) coming over early Saturday morning and we are breaking the scape down and removing all the fish. I am currently getting the water exact in the hospital as my DT.

 

[Zef004]

Wow bud. Very sorry wish I could help. What do you have left. If you need a hand Sunday I can help.

Don't you RBTA for your clowns. Nems can help fight off ich on clowns and other things.

 

[fishdoc11]

Metro does very little in the saltwater for our fish, plus add in the new resistant strain of ich and it does nothing. Contact the pharmacist at fishyfharmacy.com and they will help you out a bunch. If you have any issues ordering from them let me know I have an account setup with them.

Just my .02

It doesn't do anything in the water but it does in the fish;)

 

[Dowtish]

Wow bud. Very sorry wish I could help. What do you have left. If you need a hand Sunday I can help.

Don't you RBTA for your clowns. Nems can help fight off ich on clowns and other things.

Thanks Zef, but I think Ive got 2 folks coming on Saturday morning, should be able to knock it out pretty quick.

 

[gmoney243]

dang bro sorry to hear more fish are gone. c ya saturday. wish you woulda let me take some of those fish for you and put them in my 10gals for hypo treatments

 

[Dowtish]

Update: All fish have been removed and are currently not liking their new surroundings. I plan on letting them adjust for a day or 2 before I start dosing the copper, and just make sure they are all eating first. My aquascape has once again been completely redone, and all the corals are back in the tank. I am covered in epoxy and super glue and my back hurts....

 

[TinaFoster]

They'll be fine with the cupramine. Hopefully it's all smooth sailing from here.

 

[gmoney243]

pics or it didnt happen!

 

[Dowtish]

 

[Dowtish]

compare to old scape

 

[pickupman66]

% New pile of rocks is 1000% better than previous. Looks awesome and the hard work will pay off. Are you going to run UV in the QT?

I can totally relate. Since august we have lost an anthia, blenny, bangaii cardinal and the pyramid butterfly. It has not been a pretty time here. I have NEVER had illness issues like this before. I had almost lost my Atlantic blue tang and Aussie black percula. Today the blue looks perfect and the clown is 90%.

 

[Dowtish]

I really do hope all this work pays off. And right now I have the UV setup through my canister on my DT, but I might transfer it over soon. I just hope what's left of the fish will make it. So far it's not looking like one of my chromis is too happy. Really off color and not swimming, just kind of sitting. My wrasse found the tupper ware full of sand and buried himself, which was what I was hoping for. I put another tupper ware full of sand for my goby, and I'm planning on cutting some PVC in half and set it in the sand, hoping he will make a little burrow. I have yet to dose the copper, I want to make sure everyone is eating well first. This was advice given to me on the fact that copper can suppress the appetite and if they don't eat for the next 2-3 weeks that would not be good, and I am back to to testing for ammonia for the fist time in awhile.

Lindsey, I hate hearing that man. This has been a total nightmare, and really frustrating, so I'm right there with you man. I never had this happen to me back in my early years in the hobby. I am going to do things a lot different this time around as far restocking my fish. Slowly, and QTing them all for 4 weeks. I really don't want to go through this again. It's gonna be a long 9 weeks running fallow. Obviously this is the road less taken in the hobby, but I really don't want to just gamble any more and just "hope" they don't have or get something. I will do my part and observe them before from here on out....But then again, I could change my mind sometime down the road, but this is how I feel about it right now.

 

[TinaFoster]

+1001 Chris!