Really long back story (some may have seen my previous posts)....Basically, bought 3 Anthias 7 weeks ago. Since they are a 'delicate' fish....I decided to do an observation quarantine. I did treat with General Cure - no disease obvious - just preventive, the first week they were in QT.
Everyone was doing fine....eating well....Then 3.5 weeks in, all 3 showed signs of ICK...confirmed here on R2R. The advice was to start Copper asap....Which I did. Ramped up to 2ppm of Coppersafe checked via Hanna. 2 of the Anthias were not taking well to it from the beginning, and over the course of 7 days, 2 of them quit eating and died. This third one was still eating at first, but then quit eating just like the others....She still looked healthy, so I decided to stop the copper and switch to the TTM - fearing the Copper was slowing doing her in. She handled the tank transfer well, and started eating again. I've been religious about keeping each transfer to 72 hours, and disinfecting all equipment for the other bucket, and allowing to dry before the next transfer. She's been through 4 transfers so far. Then yesterday...she quit eating, and now looks like she has something going on. I'm at my wits end about how to help her, and at least come out of this experience with one healthy fish.
Here is a video:
I'm looking for what else to do?
Everyone was doing fine....eating well....Then 3.5 weeks in, all 3 showed signs of ICK...confirmed here on R2R. The advice was to start Copper asap....Which I did. Ramped up to 2ppm of Coppersafe checked via Hanna. 2 of the Anthias were not taking well to it from the beginning, and over the course of 7 days, 2 of them quit eating and died. This third one was still eating at first, but then quit eating just like the others....She still looked healthy, so I decided to stop the copper and switch to the TTM - fearing the Copper was slowing doing her in. She handled the tank transfer well, and started eating again. I've been religious about keeping each transfer to 72 hours, and disinfecting all equipment for the other bucket, and allowing to dry before the next transfer. She's been through 4 transfers so far. Then yesterday...she quit eating, and now looks like she has something going on. I'm at my wits end about how to help her, and at least come out of this experience with one healthy fish.
Here is a video:
I'm looking for what else to do?