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I picked up some seachem metroplex and focus. Soaked their food in it and everyone ate it. Hope it helps. I start my last two months of school Monday and just don't have the time to tear down my tank. Guess I'll use the medication for now and once I'm out of school if there are any remaining concerns I'll deal with it then. I spoke with a couple people on the forums here that have had excellent success with metroplex and focus so I hope they work for me too.
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What is your quarantine protocol? I have seen all kinds of of so called "quarantine" methods. Some are very effective against ich, some are not.
If you really want to get rid of marine ich in your tank, get all fish out into a quarantine tank and follow a proven protocol against marine ich. The protocols I recommend are: tank transfer, copper and chloroquine phosphate. Some may suggest hypo-salinity also but I don't like it personally. Leave your tank fallow (not hypo) for 72 days to get rid of marine ich. That would be my course of action if it was my tank. Good luck! |
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SeaChem cupramine works great.
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I agree and trust SeaChem Cupramine. It has worked every time I have used it. I now also dose a cycle of PraziPro for all my QT's fish for a few other diseases that seem to be more common with new fish. I start the cupramine on day one, then on day 2 I add Prazi in the day and the second dose of Cupramine at night.
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Ok sounds good. I'll go with Cupramine and maybe switch to the prazipro in four weeks when I'm done with the Cupramine. It does say specifically on the Cupramine not to combine it with any other medications and I don't want to add any more stress to the fish then they're already going through.
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Add copper slowly over 3-4 days period. Watch for reaction of fish from copper. Some fish don't tolerate copper that well. Signs of bad reaction are not eating, heavy breathing etc.
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I had thought the same thing, but was talking to a LFS that seems to have great success with his newly received fish, and he has been following that regimen with no problems. I also searched on other large forums and found good success using both.
I tried it on my current new 4 fish in QT - blue tang, desjardini tang, flame angel and pakistani butterfly- and they all did fine. The biggest worry being that prazi can make fish less likely to feed. However I added S.E.L.C.O to the frozen food and pellets and the fish have continued to feed and fatten up. This is now week 4 on QT for the fish. Of note all of these fish are 3-3.75 inches so I can not say if smaller fish would have more problems.
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Sorry to hear about your tang. Where did you purchase it from?
I bought a chevron around the same time and about 4 weeks ago it developed spots. I tried my best to use garlic guard and feed it so not to cause stress by moving it. Anyway, after a week or so and no signs of getting better I started evaluating options. Basically was ready to do something when it passed. Had it in a reef tank with a pair of Wyoming whites and a lawnmower blenny. While the tang had ich, the clowns and blenny showed no signs of ich. After the tang passed the clowns continued to be fine for half a week and then started to show signs. As soon as I noticed it on my clowns I set up a quarantine. To set up the quarantine I filled a 13 gallon tank with water from my main tank and added a heater, air stone, and small powerhead. I did the Calgary LFS loop and got every piece of advice under the sun. I ended up purchasing 4 things to try:
Anyway, I hope for the best with your tang and other fish. I know my experience was hell. I hope you don't have to go through the same. Also, as mentioned earlier in the comments. If at all available and it starts to look even a bit better, try not to do anything. Stress is a big issue. Looking back I probably would've rather left my clowns in my tank. Last edited by silverjfk; 03-10-2015 at 12:53 AM. |