clown fish vs flow. Round 1

[Reefscape]

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i forgot to add, which is a huge part of why he might not be chasing down his food is the fact that he has black ich......

WOW...I missed this part.....

I would seriously try and beg/steal/borrow a tank for quarantine....DO a FW dip with formalin, then treat with an anti-protozoal medicine...You wont get this outta your tank by syphoning i am afraid...as long as the fish is in the tank, the infection wont go away.....

 

[Kodiak]

WOW...I missed this part.....

I would seriously try and beg/steal/borrow a tank for quarantine....DO a FW dip with formalin, then treat with an anti-protozoal medicine...You wont get this outta your tank by syphoning i am afraid...as long as the fish is in the tank, the infection wont go away.....

Ill do a FW dip now, and do another 50% water change today with siphoning the water... can i use the water from my tank to set up the QT?

i only have 15 gallons of RO water and cant get more till friday. My nitrates are at 20ppm and i would rather get that down for the sake of my corals.. (button polyps, star polyps, anthelia)

 

[Reefscape]

Ill do a FW dip now, and do another 50% water change today with siphoning the water... can i use the water from my tank to set up the QT?

i only have 15 gallons of RO water and cant get more till friday. My nitrates are at 20ppm and i would rather get that down for the sake of my corals.. (button polyps, star polyps, anthelia)

Yes, you can use tank water to start it off...However, you'll need to keep plenty of SW handy for quick water changes should they be required....I agree mate, the nitrates do need to be brought down some...

 

[Kodiak]

Just did a 3-4 minute FW dip in RO water matched temp to DT tank, with an air stone.

I can get my hands on a 10g tonight. im just gonna put 10gallon from the DT when i do the water change tonight into the QT (the 10 gallon).

what else do i need in the QT tank? should i put a power head in there? should i put an air stone? for the gas exchange?

 

[SpockthePuffer]

You don't need a powerhead in a qt tank. I just have a little biowheel filter in my qt tank.

 

[Reefscape]

You will need some form of filter....which has cycled media in it.....no live rock or sand...heater...some plastic PVC pipe or similar for a hiding place....

 

[Kodiak]

i have no filter, my canister hasnt been set up forever

 

[Amphiprion]

Are you sure it is black ich and not little melanisms that arise due to contact with certain corals? That seems much more likely, as clowns pretty much don't get black ich (well, they can, but the likelihood is very slim).

 

[Kodiak]

Are you sure it is black ich and not little melanisms that arise due to contact with certain corals? That seems much more likely, as clowns pretty much don't get black ich (well, they can, but the likelihood is very slim).

he got it shorty after i introduced my corals. I have never seen him make contact with them... He got it when i just had button polyps in there. Since i have seen the black dots i have added star polyps and Anthea.

i have never had ich in my tank and the dotty back had no signs of it, but somehow died...

 

[Amphiprion]

Button polyps are notorious for causing the spots when the clown tries to get in them. It takes them a while to go away and the clown only has to try it once or so to get them. I just sincerely doubt that it is black ich--I am more worried about stressing the fish out with freshwater dips and the like if it doesn't actually have black ich.