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If you have parasites, it would NOT be wise to leave any fish in display tank and give parasites a host to feed on and multiply. You want to remove fish and leave display tank fishless 45-60 days allowing any parasites to go through their life cycles and die off.@Sharkbait19 @vetteguy53081 @threebuoys Okay, so I have a quarantine tank 29 gal. set up, filled up, not quite dialed in with thermometer, but I do have a heater with a thermostat. Thermometers are on the way. New filter on the way. Currently running HOB skimmer with a little bio media only and skimmer skimming. Filled the QT with half water from DT, half ro/di w/instant ocean. I got Rid Ich as this was the recommendation from lfs. Is Rid Ich an effective treatment? Probably should have grabbed copper too?
Based on reading some other posts, I was thinking it might be wise to leave infected fish in main tank and keep a close eye on them. I am under the impression that QT is stressful and may do more harm? The fish seem healthy. Still eating very well, no rubbing on the rocks or anything. The level of infection (outward signs) doesn’t appear to be worse today. I’d say about the same. Is this irrational, wishful thinking?
This rashing looks to be a viral issue and often as with lympho (this is not lympho) associated with poor water quality or diet or both causing the fish stress. Check your ammonia and nitrate levels and what foods are you feeding it? Fish has pinched belly suggesting poor diet .@JumboShrimp yes, the mucus plugs are gone and it seems like the ich went away after like 2 days in quarantine. Thank you for asking! I was able to get all fish in quarantine a day after the frustration post, had to pull out all aquascape. @vetteguy53081 @threebuoys @Sharkbait19 the PBT is now looking blotchy. I have been doing lots of water changes, 50% yesterday. Probably averaging 10-15%/day. Do you think this blotchiness is from copper or ammonia, or something else?
This rashing looks to be a viral issue and often as with lympho (this is not lympho) associated with poor water quality or diet or both causing the fish stress. Check your ammonia and nitrate levels and what foods are you feeding it? Fish has pinched belly suggesting poor diet
Those strips often give false readings why you see no nitrates. They also work in freshwater concluding I will never trust a $7 kit to sustain the life of )100-$200 worth of fish aloneI’ve been checking the ammonia levels daily. They did start to climb after a couple days. So, I have been trying to reduce that by doing water changes. Trying to stay under 0.5 ppm with the dip strips I have (Tetra). Haven’t tested nitrates. I wonder if an air stone would help?
I’ve been feeding piscine energetics mysis, seaweed salad nori, and formula 2 from Ocean Nutrition. Probably most heavy on the mysis. I typically feed one or the other at 2 different times a day.