White spots after quarantine

[Tfish]

Hello! After being away from the hobby for a few years I figured I wanted to get back to it with a fresh start, quarantine everything and no bad hitchhikers on the rocks.

Since I live in Sweden my options for medicine is not as big as in the US. Copper safe and the likes are almost impossible to get by.

So I figured I’d give the ESHA products a go.
While cycling my tank with dry rock I had 2 clownfish in quarantine.
I started with ESHA Trimarin and Oodinex (which supposedly cures ich in 3 days). I know already what you’re gonna say. 3 days is not enough to cure ich.
On day 5 I did a water change and the following weeks I did a few more ESHA products like NDX, ALX, GDEX.

Fast forward and the fish are now in my cycled tank and I have a small Yellow tang in the same quarantine procedure.

But here’s the problem. White spots have covered both clownfish. Do you think this is most likely ich?

Option 1 is to just live with it until I upgrade tank to a bigger one, probably in the second half of 2025. And do a better quarantine when I move them there.

Option 2 is try to catch the clownfish and try to find a better medicine for ich than ESHA, go fallow in my newly cycled tank and put the clownfish with my yellow tang in a 3 month quarantine. Which seems a bit long…

Option 3????

Thanks :)

 

[Tfish]

Option 3: I guess could be Hyposalinity in the display tank as well? Not many things to die off on the rocks since it’s pretty new. Haven’t even turned the lights on fully yet.
But I’m scared about the precision of pH and salinity. Would have to purchase the best Refractormeter and something to very accurately measure pH.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hello! After being away from the hobby for a few years I figured I wanted to get back to it with a fresh start, quarantine everything and no bad hitchhikers on the rocks.

Since I live in Sweden my options for medicine is not as big as in the US. Copper safe and the likes are almost impossible to get by.

So I figured I’d give the ESHA products a go.
While cycling my tank with dry rock I had 2 clownfish in quarantine.
I started with ESHA Trimarin and Oodinex (which supposedly cures ich in 3 days). I know already what you’re gonna say. 3 days is not enough to cure ich.
On day 5 I did a water change and the following weeks I did a few more ESHA products like NDX, ALX, GDEX.

Fast forward and the fish are now in my cycled tank and I have a small Yellow tang in the same quarantine procedure.

But here’s the problem. White spots have covered both clownfish. Do you think this is most likely ich?

Option 1 is to just live with it until I upgrade tank to a bigger one, probably in the second half of 2025. And do a better quarantine when I move them there.

Option 2 is try to catch the clownfish and try to find a better medicine for ich than ESHA, go fallow in my newly cycled tank and put the clownfish with my yellow tang in a 3 month quarantine. Which seems a bit long…

Option 3????

Thanks :)

The pics are a bit too blue, but I think that's ich. I've not used the eSHA products, can you run hyposalinity?

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

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[Tfish]

The pics are a bit too blue, but I think that's ich. I've not used the eSHA products, can you run hyposalinity?

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks Jay! I think hypo in DT could be the way to go. Will most likely be buying the Milwaukee 887 to measure salinity.

How much monitoring and dosing will the pH require in a 250liter. I’m thinking to put an air stone in as well. But will daily measuring and manual dosing of pH buffer also be necessary?

In 6 weeks I’m going away for a week so I’m concerned if I should start before or after that.

Attaching pic with white light instead.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Thanks Jay! I think hypo in DT could be the way to go. Will most likely be buying the Milwaukee 887 to measure salinity.

How much monitoring and dosing will the pH require in a 250liter. I’m thinking to put an air stone in as well. But will daily measuring and manual dosing of pH buffer also be necessary?

In 6 weeks I’m going away for a week so I’m concerned if I should start before or after that.

Attaching pic with white light instead.

The pH is unlikely to drop much below 7.6, the air stone will help.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I too see ich and treatment will be necessary using coppersafe in a separate treatment tank at treatment level 2.25 for a full 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off and with occupants exposed, they too should go into quarantine
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.