My system is 3 years old, but I bought it used/running a few months ago. In retrospect, I wish I had started over instead of keeping it running for the few corals that came with.....
I added 2 clowns about a month ago. They have been great. No sign of illness or issues. They had been at the LFS for over a month in copper. Took the risk and just did a 2 part dip then added. This LFS just started a full quarantine setup where they go through full copper and meds for 30 days. Fast forward to 2 days ago, some of the first fish through their QT were on my fish list (mccoskers wrasse and RG basslet), so I decided to forgo my own QT since they've been "quarantined". Rookie mistake. Today, the Mccoskers wrasse has spots of ich, and a thin film on it. Haven't found the RG since I added... to be expected. So I decided I'm going to do it right and do the 75+ day fallow while treating the fish in my own QT. All fish are eating and behaving normally. Just visual symptoms.
I'll deal with the LFS later. For now I'm looking for some advice on my QT process given my fish list and symptoms.
pics will be hard since the symptoms are still small. trying to get ahead of this early.
Fish and symptoms:
Mccoskers wrasse
- ich spots
- thin film (maybe velvet)
- large white poop (is this normal)
Royal Gramma Basslet
- can't find. going to try and find him before the fallow period officially begins
Clowns
- stringy poop (first sign of it i've seen. tank is in my office and i watch them ALL DAY. also saw this one take a bite of the white wrasse poop...)
I'd like to try to treat for as much as I can while they're in QT, since it'll be fallow for a while. thinking about the standard:
- copper
- praziPro
- hyposalinity
My main questions are:
- Should I treat all in the same tank, or get smaller individual setups?
- Will a standard QT process be sufficient, or should I prioritize the order based on my symptoms?
I know this is a lot of info. Thanks in advance. Heading to petco to pick up the QT supplies shortly...
I added 2 clowns about a month ago. They have been great. No sign of illness or issues. They had been at the LFS for over a month in copper. Took the risk and just did a 2 part dip then added. This LFS just started a full quarantine setup where they go through full copper and meds for 30 days. Fast forward to 2 days ago, some of the first fish through their QT were on my fish list (mccoskers wrasse and RG basslet), so I decided to forgo my own QT since they've been "quarantined". Rookie mistake. Today, the Mccoskers wrasse has spots of ich, and a thin film on it. Haven't found the RG since I added... to be expected. So I decided I'm going to do it right and do the 75+ day fallow while treating the fish in my own QT. All fish are eating and behaving normally. Just visual symptoms.
I'll deal with the LFS later. For now I'm looking for some advice on my QT process given my fish list and symptoms.
pics will be hard since the symptoms are still small. trying to get ahead of this early.
Fish and symptoms:
Mccoskers wrasse
- ich spots
- thin film (maybe velvet)
- large white poop (is this normal)
Royal Gramma Basslet
- can't find. going to try and find him before the fallow period officially begins
Clowns
- stringy poop (first sign of it i've seen. tank is in my office and i watch them ALL DAY. also saw this one take a bite of the white wrasse poop...)
I'd like to try to treat for as much as I can while they're in QT, since it'll be fallow for a while. thinking about the standard:
- copper
- praziPro
- hyposalinity
My main questions are:
- Should I treat all in the same tank, or get smaller individual setups?
- Will a standard QT process be sufficient, or should I prioritize the order based on my symptoms?
I know this is a lot of info. Thanks in advance. Heading to petco to pick up the QT supplies shortly...