Lance's 225 gal tank - Page 18

Lance · #**171** 03-10-2009, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Oh man that sounds like so much work!

Hope it all goes well.

I am starting to worry about my guys now too. Its getting really bad. I don't have the choice to Qt though. I could do one fish at a time but no room in my condo for a proper QT.

In the very beginning I was going to stock my 200 with just a pair of Crosshatch Triggers and nothing else. They would outgrow it though so I scratched that idea. Then I had kind of decided just a pair of Blue Throats. Scraped that idea though as you can see

All this was because I didn't want to deal with ich again!

Feel your pain man.

As I do yours. Good Luck! Hope your fish beat it.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #**172** 03-10-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

As I do yours. Good Luck! Hope your fish beat it.

Me too

A few of them are absolutely COVERED in ich right now (Hippo, Powder Brown, Tusk). Its never been this bad. But they continue to act normally. I am quite surprised.

If it gets much worse, I will have to do something. Most likely will mean QTing and selling them or finding free homes with people who want to QT them. Hope it doesn't come to that though.

lobsterboy · #**173** 03-10-2009, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

A fish that eats GSP??? Did you give him a golden tank and name him king??? I know of a few peeps that would pay big bucks for a GSP eating fish.

he's at GOLDS, lol, in the back tank

Lance · #**174** 03-12-2009, 01:40 AM

The Ich epidemic wasn't getting any better. I was running a 25 watt UV sterilizer 24/7; a diatom filter for several hours every day; large water changes every 3 to 4 days; soaked food in garlic and Selcon; and provided nori every day. I lost my Chocolate Tang, and the Sailfin and Harlequin Tuskfish are in bad shape. A fellow reefer was good enough to lend me his spare 180 gal which I set up in the garage. Today I transferred all the fish over to the 180 where they will remain for 8 weeks leaving the display fallow. I began treating them with Cupramine and am keeping my fingers crossed, hoping I don't lose any more fish. It was a big job, but I felt it needed to be done. Thank-Yous go to MrFish55 (Dave) and Marie for all their help. It is very much appreciated.
Does anyone know what the shelf life of Cupramine is?

Mrfish55 · #**175** 03-12-2009, 02:14 AM

I have lots of eggcrate sitting here as well if you want to cover the QT (last thing you need now is any jumpers) hope the move went well and they have a speedy recovery.

Lance · #**176** 03-12-2009, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrfish55

I have lots of eggcrate sitting here as well if you want to cover the QT (last thing you need now is any jumpers) hope the move went well and they have a speedy recovery.

Way ahead of you Dave. Got eggcrate on the tank already.

Move went very well. Drained the tank, moved the fish over, did some rock and coral rearranging while I was at it. All in 1.5 hours. Then I sat back and had a beer. Was worried about my fish so I had a couple more. Then they tasted so good I had a couple more and now I'm half-****ed and feeling great.

:drinking

Rbacchiega · #**177** 03-12-2009, 04:28 AM

Here's to hoping everything goes better from here
*cheers*

Lance · #**178** 03-12-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Here's to hoping everything goes better from here
*cheers*

Thank You and *cheers* to you too!

Lance · #**179** 03-12-2009, 11:12 PM

Well, it's been 24 hours since the big move and everything is looking fine. Never lost a coral or a fish. I put a bunch of PVC pipe in the treatment tank along with some fake, plastic corals and plants. So the fish feel relatively safe. I've got an extra skimmer I can run on this tank. Is it advisable to run a skimmer when treating with Cupramine? The bottle just says to turn off UV sterilizer and remove all chemical filtration.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #**180** 03-12-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Well, it's been 24 hours since the big move and everything is looking fine. Never lost a coral or a fish. I put a bunch of PVC pipe in the treatment tank along with some fake, plastic corals and plants. So the fish feel relatively safe. I've got an extra skimmer I can run on this tank. Is it advisable to run a skimmer when treating with Cupramine? The bottle just says to turn off UV sterilizer and remove all chemical filtration.

I think you can run the skimmer. I have in the past when treating with copper but I have only ever treated one fish with copper, so I don't have much experience.

Glad to hear its going well!