Losing fish and hating it.

[Zef004]

Love the new rock work. Great job

 

[gmoney243]

definately much better lots of flow and open bottom areas and caves for when u get to restocking tangs are gonna love those caves .. now you needa clear those racks and place all your corals .. i got a few ideas i think might be cool ill have to tell you when i drop off this portal :)

 

[Dowtish]

Well im losing fish daily at this point. I lost my cleaner wrasse this morning, and the yellow tang looks to be next. I did a 40 percent water change this morning and im hoping that will help. I really can't say if its a water parameter or just a combo of all the stresses combined. Ich, along with moving them and a possible ammonia spike is what im thinking. I made a desperate move and moved the diamond goby into the nano, hoping that since he isn't as susceptible to ich that he might just be okay to live in there. Everybody is breathing heavy and I have to leave town. I feel like I have done evrything I can do, and that it was the right thing. That's the only thing keeping from going into a deep depression at this point...

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[TinaFoster]

Add an airstone if you haven't. If it's ammonia you need to get some oxygen in there. If it's the ich, only the copper treatment will help turn that around. I sure hope things get better fast. It's devastating even hearing about it :(

 

[Dowtish]

Well, one thing about running your tank fishless.....PODS! They are everywhere!

 

[TinaFoster]

Gotta love those pods!
How are the fish?

 

[Dowtish]

Somehow they are hanging in there. I had to add some sand to the hospital because my wrasse was apparently obsessed with the reflection on the bottom of the tank. I think adding the sand threw the tank into a cycle. So I am doing crazy water changes daily. No one is eating right now which bothers me, but it's probably due to the cycle. We'll see....

 

[Dowtish]

The chromis are eating again, the wrasse is still acting sketchy though.

 

[ToXIc]

man.....

thanks for the update.. how's the levels in the QT tank..
you should get one of these.. they not the best but it will work for when you're out of town..
Aquarium Water Quality & Testing: Seachem Ammonia Alert Device

 

[Dowtish]

I got one last week, and it sucks. It has not changed from the 'safe' color since adding it. And I had a pretty high spike at one point. The only thing saving the fish at this point is using "Prime" and WC's. I'm still getting readings of ammonia and nitrites, but the prime is detoxifying it. And I think they would have gone on to be higher, and peaked and the cycle would have finished, but all the water changes is arresting the process.

 

[ToXIc]

geeze

 

[Dowtish]

yep....good times!

 

[TinaFoster]

That makes sense, since there are two parts to ammonia. NH3 and NH4. These wheel things can only detect NH3 I thought. Isn't that right?

 

[Dowtish]

I'm not sure Tina, I just know that it hasnt changed the entire time I've had it. And there was an obvious spike.

 

[Bernie]

I went and opened my pie hole on page one, and now I've got an ich outbreak. I'm blaming the regal tang. I've gotten extremely lucky though and haven't lost a fish yet. All are eating and none seem lethargic... just some bumps and the occasional scratching and rubbing on the rocks and sand.

I've upped the nori and added a UV to the mix. Looking to maybe pick up some zoe or selcon to soak the nori in today.

 

[Dowtish]

I really hate to hear that. I have had spots show up in the past on just my tangs and just added selcon and garlic and nori, and it seemed to work. But this last go around was ugly, it just kept getting worse, and I had to take more extreme measures. Good luck

 

[pickupman66]

I seem to remember hearing there were some very resistant strains going around lately...

 

[gmoney243]

probably made by Taliban in labs more ways to screw with people!

 

[Dowtish]

yes, be afraid, be very afraid

 

[Dowtish]

Update: I came home from Chattanooga on Friday and found a chromis in the hallway. That tank has finally settled and he decides to carpet surf :ooh:

So, I have the diamond goby in the 10 gallon nano, doing great. And all I have left in the hospital at this point is one green chromis, and my melanurus wrasse. All of which never showed any signs of ich, and still havent. The million dollar question is, do I remove the live rock that I used to cycle the tank, and start dosing copper anyways???? Is it possible they could still have ich,( or even got ich) even though there has been not one white spot on them in 7 weeks???