AfaceInTheCrowd
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Ok, from now on have nets, etc for each individual tank ...different colours help or even tie them with long string to cabinet so accidents don’t happen
ScottR
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Please PM me. I can set you up if you’re here in HK.
DaddyFish
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I presume @Jay Hemdal will recommend CopperSafe if available, over Cupramine for your copper treatment(s).
You have my sympathy for taking on too many tanks at once. And yes, it does sound like you have been cross-contaminating tanks. It's easy to do so don't beat yourself up about it. Just take it one tank at a time and remember that failure is defined by quitting, not by determination.
Here's my short list of handling sick fish when all goes to h--ll at once...
* Monitor Ammonia carefully and be prepared to quickly do water changes (with meds pre-mixed) if it spikes. Seachem Ammonia Badges are your friend.
* If you have an easy source for freshwater dips, that can be a way to buy time for the fish while you get QT tanks and meds ready.
* Use heavy aeration whenever possible in combination with meds. The fish need it more during meds than any other time.
* Make double-triple certain you don't have any Carbon or UV running in the med system(s), as either will negate or even toxify your meds.
Good luck, you've come to the right place for help.
I presume @Jay Hemdal will recommend CopperSafe if available, over Cupramine for your copper treatment(s).
You have my sympathy for taking on too many tanks at once. And yes, it does sound like you have been cross-contaminating tanks. It's easy to do so don't beat yourself up about it. Just take it one tank at a time and remember that failure is defined by quitting, not by determination.
Here's my short list of handling sick fish when all goes to h--ll at once...
* Monitor Ammonia carefully and be prepared to quickly do water changes (with meds pre-mixed) if it spikes. Seachem Ammonia Badges are your friend.
* If you have an easy source for freshwater dips, that can be a way to buy time for the fish while you get QT tanks and meds ready.
* Use heavy aeration whenever possible in combination with meds. The fish need it more during meds than any other time.
* Make double-triple certain you don't have any Carbon or UV running in the med system(s), as either will negate or even toxify your meds.
Good luck, you've come to the right place for help.
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AYquincy
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Thanks for all your support. So the advice of not adding fish in the coral tank for 72 days I assume that is because of the parasites. However. It is not easy for me to put them together because the big fishes would eat the small ones LOL.
OK. will be treating the velvet first today.
OK. will be treating the velvet first today.
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AYquincy
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The velvet infested Tang was gone this morning before I could perform the H2O2 dip. But he had cupramine for a week already. Would you suggest the remaining fish also get the dip. or just copper for another week?
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