Can feather dusters carry ick?

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fire4faye

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Bought some feather dusters from Petco and then my dwarf flame angel died, my carpet anemone died, and my powder blue tang has white spot ick...is it possible the feather dusters carried it? These other fish were from a much more careful and well kept establishment. Any ideas helpful....
THANKS!
 
fire4faye said:
Bought some feather dusters from Petco and then my dwarf flame angel died, my carpet anemone died, and my powder blue tang has white spot ick...is it possible the feather dusters carried it? These other fish were from a much more careful and well kept establishment. Any ideas helpful....
THANKS!
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Personaly, i dont see the feather duster causing this...What are the current tank perams for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, pH??....Did you add the water from the store to your tank??

Niko
 
It is possible to have some of the early stage of ich with a coral. They would just be there, not actually with the coral. But I believe that you have a different issue because you mentioned losing an anemone which is immune to ich. Losing a carpet can create all kinds of issues with a tank. Carpets have a very strong toxin in them and when they die it can be released causing everything from small red spots on fish to lethal doses of the toxin when some fish injest the fragments of the anemone. This can also create enough stress on the fish to allow ich to get a start again. I would do a couple of water changes run carbon. Without knowing the exact cause these are the general methods of control.
 
water parameters

we tested,, not good results..
ammonia .25
nitrite .5
nitrate 20
pH 8.2 ish

did not put water from store into tank.

and the tang looks very unhappy (lumpy skin now and COVERED in spots. not expecting him to make it through the night. )

didn't know that about carpets...that could account for all the doom that happened after that.
 
it sounds like the carpet anemone dying probably set off chain reactions,,bad water parameters which caused the flame angel to croak and the tang to get sick...
now the only question is why did the carpet not thrive..??
we have plenty of light, add trace minerals and micronutrients for it...
nothing was bothering it, it even had two beautiful clownfish taking care of it, (they loved it)...
 
Have you done a water change since testing and getting those readings? Are the fish in a hopsital tank now?

As for why the carpet may have died we might be able to help sort that out if you give us tank specs, livestock, how long you had the carpet, etc.
 
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