Please Help

[socutemolly]

I couldn’t answer my questions so I need you guys help.
Well, a stressed fish will cause ich. Correct? I believe so.
To avoid ich in the DT, a new fish need to be QT before introduced to the DT. Correct? Yes.
Will a new fish or a QT fish be stressed when introduced to the DT? Yes. So, what’s the main point of the QT? :duh: :duh: :duh:
Here is my plan. Leave LS in DT and buy 2 more fish I want and put them in the DT. Next day, remove LR, pour some Ammo lock to avoid ammonia spike and do hypo for 3-4 wks, and then bring the salinity back to normal. No more additional fish after that.
Current stock in 110g
1 sailin tang 3”
1 maroon 2”
1 yellowpeel angel 3”
1 clown trigger 3”
1 pearlyscale butterfly 3”
2 blue chromis 1”
1 blue tang 1”
Plan to buy
1 longfin bannerfish
1 purple tang or power blue tang or flame angel
Water parameters
Sal 1.024
Temp 79-80
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
pH 8.2

1. Is it OK for me to leave LS in DT and pour ammo lock?
2. Does my wish fish list work out with my current fish?
3. Is it too many fish in this 110g?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dorkfish]

Well, a stressed fish will cause ich. Correct? I believe so.

No, a fish carrying the ich parasite will cause ich. The ich parasite will cuase stress to infected fish.

To avoid ich in the DT, a new fish need to be QT before introduced to the DT. Correct? Yes.

To avoid and prevent any disease, not just ich in the main tank, new fish need to be quarantined a minumum of 30 days after purchasing the fish or after sucsessfully treating a disease that the fish was infected with (and that disease should have been treated in the QT.

Will a new fish or a QT fish be stressed when introduced to the DT? Yes. So, what’s the main point of the QT? :duh: :duh: :duh:

The point of a quarantine is to be absolutely sure a new fish is not carrying any parasites, almost all of which will show up during the 30 day quarantine period. Stress by itself will not cause a fish to catch a disease/parasite, the parasite needs to be present in the fishes aquarium for stresss to lead to disease. If you never introduce a disease into a tank, then a fish will never get that disease.

Here is my plan. Leave LS in DT and buy 2 more fish I want and put them in the DT. Next day, remove LR, pour some Ammo lock to avoid ammonia spike and do hypo for 3-4 wks, and then bring the salinity back to normal. No more additional fish after that.

There is absolutely no reason for any of this. Your going to cuase (completely) unnesisary stress your fish and disrupt the biofilter immensely (cuasing more stress on your fish, possibly killing your fish via ammonia and/or nitrite poisoning).

Current stock in 110g
1 sailin tang 3”
1 maroon 2”
1 yellowpeel angel 3”
1 clown trigger 3”
1 pearlyscale butterfly 3”
2 blue chromis 1”
1 blue tang 1”

I personally wouldn't add anything other than a few more chromis, you ahve a lot of fish wich will max out at large sizes od 6"-18" (some of which will need biggger housing down the road). Actually, once they start putting on some more size, it's likely that you will have to remove fish to maintain a healthy tank enviroment.

Plan to buy
1 longfin bannerfish
1 purple tang or power blue tang or flame angel

With the exception of the flame angel, these are even more big fish wich your tank will not be able to support long term. Not only that, but if you add the purple tang (or any other zebromossa sp.) it's likely that either it or the sailfin tang will end up dead or severely injured and the same can probably be said for the powder blue tang and the regal tang.

1. Is it OK for me to leave LS in DT and pour ammo lock?

The reasons that you would be adding amoo lock to your tank are completely pointless. See above for why.

2. Does my wish fish list work out with my current fish?

No, see above.

3. Is it too many fish in this 110g?

For the long run, yes, again see above.

 

[doggiestlist]

well you answered some of you own questions minus the biggest reasoning for having a qt to begin with,,
yes stress can cause a parestic outbreak but ich is only one of them ,however there are many paresites that can be transmitted to your already populated dt..
when you first purchase a new fish its normally already stressed from being transported to your lfs ,then acclimated,fish normally wont eat ina lfs for a few days and sometimes not at all.this is also stress inducing.then once a lfs gets these already weakened fish to feed they normally go for the easiest and cheapest of foods(brine shrimp and maybe if the fish are lucky seaweed sheets.2 of the lowest nutritional foods readily and inexpencive available and the lowest cost for lfs.this also weakens these new arrivals more
now you purchase these fish they are getting more stress already weakened amune system become even more so.wham you have a paresitic attack.. why? because these fish are too weak to fight these off and now they have spread to your knowingly healthyer fish..
in recent fish studies wild fish have been known to house and harbor more than 20 different strands of paresites ,worms, ect some have not even been acknowledged in the past completely new species arriving all the time..do you realy want to risk the chance of spreading these to your other fish?
do it right the first time save a few lives and a ton of money and heartache..