How are you all, I’ve been a saltwater hobbyist for about 7 months now.. recently my tank nuked
I know it cycled and I was stupidly religious on the water changes, I got advised from a hobbyist that I didn’t need to change the water as much so I took 2/3 weeks off ( I probably overfed slightly)
55 gallon tank
Mainly use distilled water in jugs.. in times of need use tap water w API conditioner(RODI system not an option for me)
Many snails and crabs
Down to one fish now anyway.. lion fish died clown died and a trigger..
I believe how fast it happened (2-4 days) I have velvet present in tank I have one porcupine puffer left threw him in QT believe tank is too small so if I NEED to upgrade I will to save him
I use coppersafe I did the dosage for 10 gallons and a Hanna checker will be here tomorrow..
If I need a bigger tank I will literally get one tomorrow haven’t had time but to order things on Amazon and work with what I got
He was yellowish it seems to be going away slightly not eating yet I have a filter and a bubbler in the water for aeration
Diet for him has been krill, clams on a half shell and some frozen silversides he never got stuck on krill hed always Eat the clams
Since quarantine (4) days now, he’s probably ate 2 krill I put food in once a day and take it out if not eaten
Do I top off water normally?
I can check tomorrow once Hanna checker arrives and keep water at therapeutic level temp is at 76 degrees
Is it normal for him in copper to eat very lightly like he is? No signs of being sluggish he’s moving around a lot. Sometime he widens his mouth but I’ve been keeping no lights on so maybe I’m surprising him now when the lights are on now or he’s getting skiddish(lights mainly kept off definitely for now including DT)
I’ve read all the articles on ich/velvet and am doing what I can with what I got, any comments appreciated thank you. (He is not full size probably 4” or so
Last thing it’s not a “test” but I have a diamond goby and the crabs and snails still in the main tank, diamond goby is completely fine no issues at all.. I’ve read sometimes they are not affected by these two diseases/parasites.
I hope I posted in the right forum I tried to read before posting.. thank you all hope to keep him well and keep going, plan to upgrade to a 75 or a 120 since I know my porcupine will get MUCH bigger
I know it cycled and I was stupidly religious on the water changes, I got advised from a hobbyist that I didn’t need to change the water as much so I took 2/3 weeks off ( I probably overfed slightly)
55 gallon tank
Mainly use distilled water in jugs.. in times of need use tap water w API conditioner(RODI system not an option for me)
Many snails and crabs
Down to one fish now anyway.. lion fish died clown died and a trigger..
I believe how fast it happened (2-4 days) I have velvet present in tank I have one porcupine puffer left threw him in QT believe tank is too small so if I NEED to upgrade I will to save him
I use coppersafe I did the dosage for 10 gallons and a Hanna checker will be here tomorrow..
If I need a bigger tank I will literally get one tomorrow haven’t had time but to order things on Amazon and work with what I got
He was yellowish it seems to be going away slightly not eating yet I have a filter and a bubbler in the water for aeration
Diet for him has been krill, clams on a half shell and some frozen silversides he never got stuck on krill hed always Eat the clams
Since quarantine (4) days now, he’s probably ate 2 krill I put food in once a day and take it out if not eaten
Do I top off water normally?
I can check tomorrow once Hanna checker arrives and keep water at therapeutic level temp is at 76 degrees
Is it normal for him in copper to eat very lightly like he is? No signs of being sluggish he’s moving around a lot. Sometime he widens his mouth but I’ve been keeping no lights on so maybe I’m surprising him now when the lights are on now or he’s getting skiddish(lights mainly kept off definitely for now including DT)
I’ve read all the articles on ich/velvet and am doing what I can with what I got, any comments appreciated thank you. (He is not full size probably 4” or so
Last thing it’s not a “test” but I have a diamond goby and the crabs and snails still in the main tank, diamond goby is completely fine no issues at all.. I’ve read sometimes they are not affected by these two diseases/parasites.
I hope I posted in the right forum I tried to read before posting.. thank you all hope to keep him well and keep going, plan to upgrade to a 75 or a 120 since I know my porcupine will get MUCH bigger