Hi all. Am a long time reefer and had a nasty bout with dinos that wiped out many 20+ year old (yes, really) fish in my 180 gallon reef. Since my fish were such long-lived, I really haven't added many fish recently. Anyway, QT'ing new fish since dinos under control. I have a 20 gallon long that am QT 3 yellow tail damsels, 1 PT, 2 YT (all are very small) from LA. QT is bare-bottom with seeded sponge filter, PVC pipes, etc. In the past, I would use copper. This time, I tried NLS ich shield. Here's timeline so far...
Day 1: Started QT
Day 3: Added NLS IS (suspected Ich on PT, Plan was to do NLS IS for 30 days)
Day 9: 50% WC (may have seen slight green on seachem badge, adding more NLS IS to replace)
Day 9: Tang FWB (suspected flukes on PT, FW dip inconclusive for them...)
Day 10: GC round 1
Day 13: 50% WC (more NLS IS)
Day 17: GC Round 2
Day 18: (Today) 80% WC (PT very sick, possible ammonia poisoning symptoms, see pics)
I realize I need to add more biofilter to QT
(I have another 1 week old seeded sponge and some siporax still in DT sump...)Where to go from here? Bacterial infection?
Day 1: Started QT
Day 3: Added NLS IS (suspected Ich on PT, Plan was to do NLS IS for 30 days)
Day 9: 50% WC (may have seen slight green on seachem badge, adding more NLS IS to replace)
Day 9: Tang FWB (suspected flukes on PT, FW dip inconclusive for them...)
Day 10: GC round 1
Day 13: 50% WC (more NLS IS)
Day 17: GC Round 2
Day 18: (Today) 80% WC (PT very sick, possible ammonia poisoning symptoms, see pics)
I realize I need to add more biofilter to QT